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Use Task Schedule to offset System Time
I have a Windows XP computer which is not connected to the Internet or to a network. As per this answer it seems to be an issue with the CPU or power voltage. It is a cheap offbrand computer with no ...
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Why is my Windows "System.currentTimeMillis()" system time exactly 8 seconds behind all the other computers?
I am writing a real time networking program running on multiple computers and I decided to synchronize events using the OS system time. The problem is that one of my computers is 8000 ms behind the ...
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Ask for date on boot (challenge)
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 ...
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Dual booting Debian / Windows XP: clock is off
I just installed Debian (Wheezy) on a Windows XP machine and am dual booting. But the clock is different! It's one hour late on XP versus Debian.
I'm in Paris (GMT +1) and we're in winter (daylight ...
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Program to set time on local computer using GPS data
I have a laptop running Windows XP that does not connect to the Internet and I would like to use a USB GPS receiver as a time source to set the clock. Generally, the laptop will not have access to the ...
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How to know the duration of boot time in win XP
I want to know the duration of boot time in win XP.
I tried by looking into the Event Viewer of XP but unable to find any corresponding event ID.
Thanks.
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How do you change the update rate for time server synchronization on Windows XP
We have a file server running Windows XP, but the system clock speed is not particularly accurate, with the result that file datestamps drift with time, and this causes annoyances with software ...
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Date goes back to 2005 after restart
The date to my computer goes back to 2005 after every restart, what could be the problem?
I have checked the CMOS battery and it is working fine.
OS is Windows XP.
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Changing system time in VirtualBox
I need to change the time on my VirtualBox winxp machine (I have an ubuntu host), but it automatically syncronizes with the host. I need different times on the machines because I'm developing ...
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ls in cmd window gives one hour off time
I have ls installed on my Windows XP computer. It came with msysgit.
I've had it a while and it turns out I use it quite a lot even in the DOS prompt. More than dir.
The thing is that it gives me ...
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Synchronizing the clocks of two Windows-XP machines not connected to the internet?
I have a set-up with two PCs running Windows XP, both acquiring data from external sources and saving it locally with time-stamp per sample.
At the end of each day I move that day's from both PCs to ...
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