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GeneralThe clock in windows is not accurate Pin
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Roger Wright1-May-05 5:08
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Windows checks the system RTC at startup, then maintains its own time programmatically. Over a period of time it loses accuracy, as the process is occasionally interrupted, and update cycles missed, when other processes with higher priority are running. The busier the machine, the quicker the errors pile up.

Synchronizing the machine to a time server is a good solution, so long as the time source isn't also busy. I use an Internet time server to keep the local server sync'd, then rely on WinXP's built in time client service to keep the clients on the same time as the local server. Check out this[^] site for information about using the US NIST servers as a time source. WTime32 is the process that handles the NTP service in Windows - you can find info at MS' site for setting it properly, though I believe that the above article includes detailed instructions.

Another possibility, of course, is that the RTC on the motherboard is off, but I can't think of a way for that to happen. Crystal oscillators just don't slow down over time, and I can't think of a failure mode on the motherboard that could lead to a slow down. It either works, or it doesn't, for any scenario I can imagine.. Well, there is one unlikely case, but that would make it go faster.

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