Issue
An old laptop computer with XP loses date every time it boots. It has no more battery pack so it has to be plugged permanently in to wall.
What I already tried
- Replaced the little button shaped 3V battery (2 times) but system still lose time.
- Checked 3V battery's jumper correctly set.
- Set up NTP to the nearest server. This is not a good workaround because the system should have the correct time BEFORE Windows network startup, scheduled tasks and installs finalizations.
- Wrote a batch DOS than ran DATE and TIME commands and deposit in "Startup" group. This is not a good workaround because the system should have the correct time BEFORE Windows startup.
- Edit registry's "BootExecute" to run the DOS commands DATE and TIME. Perhaps I made a syntax mistake ?
- Look for another laptop but no money :'-(
Question
- Anyway to ask user to confirm/set date and time BEFORE Windows startup?
- What are the rules and syntax with registry's "BootExecute" to use other than autocheck ?