Try installing NetTime: http://nettime.sourceforge.net/
It will periodically check a timeserver and reset your computer's clock. It will do it at bootup, and at periodic intervals thereafter. Fred Holmes At 12:46 PM 6/8/2007, Tom Chambers wrote: >All, > >My PC has developed a mysterious & annoying problem in the past 3-4 weeks -- >the system year keeps resetting itself to 2005. (The month, day, and time are >correct, just the year changes.) I'm running Windows 2000 Professional >5.00.2195 with Service Pack 4 on an HP Vectra with a Pentium III chip (1000 >Mz). Of course, I've tried resetting the year through Windows and hitting >"Apply." This often works until the next reboot. Sometimes, however, the year >later reverts to 2005 in the middle of a session, and it always goes back to >2005 the next time I restart or power off/on. > >I've also tried hitting F2 at power-on time and resetting the year there, but >no matter what I set it to, it is 2005 when Windows comes up. > >So far the only effects of this seem to be that 1) my Word documents get an >incorrect timestamp, and 2) I get messages from my internet browser about my >"certificates" being expired or not yet valid. I'm worried, though, that other >damage might be happening behind the scenes, and I don't like things that >change for no reason and won't let you change back! > >Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! >Cheers, Anne > > >************************************************************************ >* ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== >* ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== >* Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name >* Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST >* Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L >* New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress >* Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >************************************************************************ >* List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >* RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >* Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived >************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
