Date and time going wrong on PC

[Carol Bird]

Hi all, and Happy New Year,

Hope someone might be able to shed some light, please.

Over the last two/three months, every say three weeks or so I have noticed that the time on my desktop is wrong. I have gone into Control Panel and corrected the time – the date has shown as the previous day.

Today at about 16.30, it showed 21.16 on 8 January.

Could someone tell me, please, is this an ominous sign of something general going wrong?

Any thoughts gratefully received.

Carol

[WendyPusey]

Could it be the battery on the motherboard is getting flat?

[Carol Bird]

Hi Wendy,

Thank you for responding. Sorry for delay - was off cooking dinner.

I'm afraid I hadn't realised there was a battery associated with the motherboard. Is it something one can access, or is it a professional job, please?

Should be most grateful for any further advice you can offer.

Carol

Hi again Wendy,

Thank you for diagnosing the problem for me. I hadn't known about the battery. Have now studied the Owner's Manual and, when I feel brave, will tackle replacing the battery.

Grateful thanks again for pointing me in the right direction - there's so much I don't know about computers!

Warmest best wishes,
Carol

[phantom666_uk]

Another thing to check is your time zone (found in the clock settings). Make sure it is set to where you live as I believe that from winxp onwards the clock is sync'd with a time server and if you have the wrong time zone this may cause the clock to adjust (win default is somewhere in the usa).

BJ