Bryan Henderson wrote: [] > So you're talking about the person at the factory, not the person who > gets the computer from the factory, right. > > It's been ages since I've seen a computer fresh from the factory, but > I assume it comes with Windows already on it and the first thing the > user sees when he turns it on is a "welcome to Windows, let's set up > your computer" dialog. This dialog asks what time zone you're in and, > because it knows that even if it was set at the factory, the hardware > clock would have drifted a lot, it asks what time it is. The program > then sets the hardware clock, making a choice as to what time zone > offset to use with it. It chooses the user's local time zone. > > With this scenario, the reason for that choice obviously is not > because the user is comfortable with local time -- the user never even > sees those numbers. It is apparently a matter of backward > compatibility. > > It's also my impression that the system builder at the factory doesn't > go into a BIOS screen to set the hardware clock, but that guy probably > isn't relevant if the scenario described above happens later.
Well, the first thing I would do would be to go into the BIOS and ensure that things like time were correctly set, so I'm probably not your average user! >From what I've seen, the hardware clock is often almost correct (time zones apart). Windows will ask the user what time zone they are in - it doesn't make assumptions (although Pacific may be the default). Cheers, David _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.isc.org https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
