[Dx4win] Clock error
Here's another link to check on this problem: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q189706 > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pete Smith > > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 14:04 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > Subject: [Dx4win] Clock error > > > > > > Help -- the computer I use for TRLog and DX4WIN(a 200 MMX Pentium) > has > > started losing about 12 seconds an hour in its real-time clock -- > for > > example, I set it this morning from the Internet, and when I can > back 3 > > hours later it was 38 seconds slow. Is this indicative of > battery > > problems? The computer has been on throughout. I also wonder if > perhaps > > some software that is running on the system -- maybe in > > background -- could > > be responsible. > > > > Any advice much appreciated. > > > > 73, Pete N4ZR > > > > ___ > > Dx4win mailing list > > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > > ___ > Dx4win mailing list > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > -- Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa
[Dx4win] Clock error
Hi Gary, Although I'm still in the dark ages computer wise and am using Windows 95, way back then there was a free utility from Microsoft called Microsoft RegClean. It did it all automatically. I remember the first time I ran it a few bugs just disappeared. I still run it every once in awhile. I do not know if there are versions that cover all the newer flavors of Windows. 73, Bob K2TK
[Dx4win] Clock error
Barry et al: I should have mentioned in my response that the first thing I did in my case was to replace the battery---and that changed nothing, which led to motherboard replacement, and, finally, registry cleaning. I used and use AtomTime, which correctly updated the clock---which then invariably wandered, until the Registry cleaning did the job for me. Garry, NI6T > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Barry > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 14:36 > To: Pete Smith; dx4win@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Clock error > > > Pete, > The way you can tell if it's software bogging down the system vs. > hardware/battery is this: > Just before turning off the computer for the night, update the clock. > Next day, first thing when you turn it on, check the time. Is it > accurate? If so, it's not the battery. > > There are multiple clocks in the computer. The "main" clock is > hardware. The software clock accesses this info when you first turn > the computer on. Windows (on the task bar) and most software then > access one of the software clocks. One of my computers has this > problem, where some software bogs down the clock and it can be off by > minutes in a matter of hours. My solution was to use one of the > Internet time setting programs (Tardis, etc.) and have it reset the > clock every 15 minutes. If you are using WinXP, the Internet polling > of the time signal is built in and I believe defaults to every 3 > hours. There are ways to make this more frequent, though there's no > setting within XP. You have to use an external program that changes a > registry setting (no, I don't know what it is, offhand). > 73, > Barry W2UP > > > On 25 Oct 2002 at 10:03, Pete Smith wrote: > > > Help -- the computer I use for TRLog and DX4WIN(a 200 MMX Pentium) has > > started losing about 12 seconds an hour in its real-time clock -- for > > example, I set it this morning from the Internet, and when I can back > > 3 hours later it was 38 seconds slow. Is this indicative of battery > > problems? The computer has been on throughout. I also wonder if > > perhaps some software that is running on the system -- maybe in > > background -- could be responsible. > > > > Any advice much appreciated. > > > > 73, Pete N4ZR > > > > ___ > > Dx4win mailing list > > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > -- > Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club > > > ___ > Dx4win mailing list > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >
[Dx4win] Clock error
Pete: I had a similar problem and it was driving me nuts. I thought it was a defect on my ABIT motherboard. At the same time, I could not understand why I was losing minutes per day when the timing is crystal-controlled. The clue is that you only LOSE time. In my case, I replaced the motherboard with an identical unit that had been in my wife's computer, and got the same results. This initially led to the conclusion that the MB design itself had a defect, but that still did not sit right with me. The light dawned when an old friend visited from the East Coast. That OF has become a computer geek and works for an outfit that now hosts my domain. While here,having heard me bitching about how poorly my computer ran in general, he went in and cleaned up my registry, and threw out whatever appeared not to be necessary for the current configuration. The computer subsequently ran better, stopped failing to shut down correctly.and the clock returned to expected accuracy. Conclusion: some of the stuff he got rid of must have been stealing cycles---a lot of cycles---and not just from the real-time clock. You therefore might try the same, but, if you are not computer-savvy, you should either find someone who is willing to do this for you, or go to the Microsoft site, find the procedure for editing the registry (with RegEdit, I think) and be very, very careful. 73, Garry, NI6T > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pete Smith > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 14:04 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx4win@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Dx4win] Clock error > > > Help -- the computer I use for TRLog and DX4WIN(a 200 MMX Pentium) has > started losing about 12 seconds an hour in its real-time clock -- for > example, I set it this morning from the Internet, and when I can back 3 > hours later it was 38 seconds slow. Is this indicative of battery > problems? The computer has been on throughout. I also wonder if perhaps > some software that is running on the system -- maybe in > background -- could > be responsible. > > Any advice much appreciated. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > > ___ > Dx4win mailing list > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >
[Dx4win] Label Printing Problem
I just installed DX4WIN on a new computer (still using same printer... Old HP LaserJet II+). I'm noticing a problem I didn't have on the previous setup. The last label on each column of labels does not print out the "PSE QSL 73, WI5A" line. Doesn't matter if there's one QSO on the label or several. I'm using the defaults for Avery 5351 labels. Any ideas? Larry Burke WI5A Friendswood, TX --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. Please post in Plain-Text only.---
[Dx4win] what time is it?
Once a week, unless you're doing government work! 73 es gud hunting, Todd, W9YK Elmhurst, Illinois USA At 06:09 PM 10/25/2002 -0700, Dean Norris wrote: >At 10:59 10/25/2002, Jack Shirley wrote: >>Don't trust the clock in your computer ... its very poor. >>If you are connected to the internet, download Dimesion 4 and synchronize >>every minute. >> >>A good link: www.clockvault.com. >> >>Good luck. N8DX > > >IMHO synchronizing once a minute is a monumental waste of CPU >resources. Unless one second accuracy is needed, I suspect a 5-10 minute >interval, or perhaps longer, would be adequate. > >unkadean > > >-- > > >___ >Dx4win mailing list >Dx4win@mailman.qth.net >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
[Dx4win] Clock error
At 08:42 AM 10/26/02 +, you wrote: >You therefore might try the same, but, if you are not computer-savvy, you >should either find someone who is willing to do this for you, or go to the >Microsoft site, find the procedure for editing the registry (with RegEdit, I >think) and be very, very careful. Thanks, Garry -- I think I found the culprit. It was an always-present icon for Real Player in the system tray -- something called the Start Center. Or at least once I stopped it, the loss of time stopped, so I suspect it was stealing clock cycles. In the last 12 hours my clock gained only 3.5 seconds, which feels more like normal! Thanks to everyone who suggested solutions, and particularly to those whose diagnostic suggestions led me to determine that it wasn't the clock battery. 73, Pete N4ZR Sometimes a tower is just a tower
