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Laptop GAINS time, why?
I have a Toshiba satellite P25-S607 laptop, which works fine in general, but has one issue where the clock runs fast. For example, after running for a day or two, the clock will be ahead 2 hours or ...
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Relationship between hardware clock and system clock
I know that hardware clock is RTC, which is running still, even when PC (or another device with RTC) is off. (in linux we can see this time by typing "hwclock")
The second mentioned time, system ...
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Why is event-log time different from taskbar time?
Today is the first time in several months that I've opened up Administrative tools to view the event log.
Imagine my consternation when I saw events in the log with a time-stamp of 11/09/2012. The ...
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How is CPU clock rate maintained?
I was reading an article Clock rate from wikipedia which has to say that:
The clock rate typically refers to the frequency that a CPU is running at.
The clock rate of a CPU is normally ...
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How to skew a Mac's clock 10 minutes while still keeping it “synchronized”?
My wife is always running late. How can I skew her Mac's clock 10 minutes while still keeping it "synchronized"?
I looked at the fudge setting of /etc/ntp.conf but it's only for a Reference Clock and ...
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Synchornize linux clock without internet
How can I keep a clock from a linux machine updated if this linux machine have no internet access?
The machine is in a network and others machine have internet access, but this particular one can't ...
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why are AMD CPU's generally slower then comparable intel CPU's, despite being clocked higher? [closed]
Generally, AMD processors are slower then comparable Intel procesors, despite being clocked higher. A friends intel i7 is clocked at 3.2GHz, my AMD phenom is clocked at 3.4GHz. Both are quad cores, ...
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How can I customize the Windows 7 clock to show full date/time?
I'm currently using Windows 7 Ultimate. I've seen that some people have full date/time info in their system tray clock like this:
However, my current system tray clock is shown like this:
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How to know if the computer clock is wrong?
How can I know if the local computer clock is incorrect?
I´m creating a system in which it is very important to know the right time.
Are there any good free time servers I can use, or is there any ...
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BIOS clock still slow after battery change
Recently I discovered that my system clock was slowing down. I got a new CMOS battery and replaced the one already on the motherboard. Both of the batteries seemed to have good voltage with a tongue ...
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Software for displaying multiple time zones
I need software that could display multiple time zones as I need them. Windows 7 displays 2 time zones but I need more. The software that I need should be freeware first, if not then payable
I need a ...
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Computer clock drifts on standby. Can I make Windows synchronize time on every wakeup?
My Dell Vostro 1720 laptop's clock drifts when waking from standby mode (even by five minutes sometimes). This is really annoying and sometimes dangerous.
I tried decreasing the Windows time sync ...
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Windows 7 taskbar clock disappears
The clock on the right of the taskbar is enabled but seems to disappear every time I reboot my computer. (I'm guessing at the frequency; I notice it has gone away every day after I dock.) The clock ...
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How to use laptop as a radio alarm [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
Is there an alarm clock app for Windows (running on a laptop)?
How can I schedule a time for a song to play in Windows?
I have a Dell laptop.
I want my laptop to ...
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Can't synchronize time, Windows 7
Ok, I finally installed Windows 7, clean install. Time synchronization does not work. Clicking "Update now" gives message:
Unable to start the Windows Time service. Please try again later.
I use ...
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Router loses it's time
I have a WRT54GX2 SRX 200 router, which until a couple of weeks ago, was
working happily, until one day it started to disconnect my network from
the internet, and today I realized that its internal ...
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Why aren't all CPUs 'overclocked' as a factory default? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are modern CPUs “underclocked”?
When I was searching around for a desktop awhile back I came across a lot of discussions where techies talked about ...
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Customizing Windows XP clock
I'm currently using the great tclockex program to change my Windows clock, so it also displays the current week number. The only downside is that it messes up the XP layout:
You can match the color ...
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Can I Set My Computer's Clock Display To 24-Hour Format? [closed]
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Can the Windows clock be configured to display a 24-hour-based time?
The title pretty much says it here. I'm just wondering, is it possible to switch my Windows 7 ...
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Sync Windows' system time to a time server, but advance by 10 minutes from the time server's time
Is there a software or a way to configure Windows 7 such that I could sync the time to a time server, but have my system's clock advanced by 10 minutes from the time server's time?
E.g. When ...
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Why does the system clock run a lot faster than the hardware clock on Linux? [closed]
guys.
I got a bizarre problem which is the system clock always runs a lot faster than the hardware clock. For example, I set both system clock and hardware clock to20:00. After about 15minutes later, ...
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How to freeze the clock for a specific task?
For example,
# clock-pause
# touch a
# touch b
# convert -draw `date` text_draw.gif
# clock-resume
Or, simply
# freeze-exec sh -c 'touch a; touch b; convert -draw `date` text_draw.gif'
The ...
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Windows 7: System clock 2 hours behind on every boot
Windows 7: My time is always two hours behind the actual time.
I've changed the time, but, whenever I restart it, goes back to the incorrect time, 2 hours behind the actual time.
I'm on (UTC+02:00) ...
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Home server clock runs too fast
I have a Debian server running on some hardware from ca 2004, and the real time clock is running too fast. I have set it to run ntpdate every hour, so the clock is mostly correct, but this seems kinda ...
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How to show date with clock when Windows 7 taskbar is vertical?
On widescreen Windows 7 desktops, I prefer a vertical taskbar with small icons. However, this appears to remove the date from the clock display.
Here's what it looks like, missing the date.
How ...
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Clock correction in GNU/Linux: should I crontab the “hwlock --hctosys”?
My laptop's clock (Acer Extensa 5220) seems to be slow. I've corrected it 5 minutes forward last week and now have just corrected minute forward again.
How it's better to fix it? Is there a program ...
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Mysterious Clock - Windows XP
User showed me this clock on the screen today - its modal but fixed on top. Anti-virus revealed nothing - and no shifty programs or services to my eye are running.
Hopefully AV deep scan will ...
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Need to see many timezone clocks somehow [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get more than 3 international clocks in Windows 7?
I have Windows 7. It has nice feature to see two timezone clocks on system tray click. But there are two ...
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Set windows clock format to Y-m-d H:i:s in status bar on small icon mode
Is it possible to set the status bar clock format to Y-m-d H:i:s (PHP format) in small icon mode? E.g. 2010-07-05 06:19:22
Current format:
Full sized icon mode (note the lack of seconds):
I ...
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Can the Windows clock be configured to display a 24-hour-based time?
Is it possible to make the windows clock display its time in a 24-hour format instead of the default 12-hour format? There doesn't appear to be any way to do this via the UI, but I'm wondering if ...
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Where are the settings for the Windows 7 clock gadget stored?
Where are the settings for the Windows 7 clock gadget stored
For information on clock gadgets see here http://superuser.com/questions/150063/how-to-get-more-than-3-international-clocks-in-windows-7
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How to get more than 3 international clocks in Windows 7?
Is there a way to get more than 3 international clocks in Windows 7?
This How To Geek article describes how to add two extra international clocks but I'd like more.
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Why is my NTP controlled computer clock two minutes ahead?
The clock in my computer is configured to be synchronized using NTP. To verify this I have tried two NTP clients using various NTP servers. My computer and the NTP clients are in complete agreement ...
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Analogue clock for Windows 7 in the system tray
Does anyone know of an analogue clock that works in the system tray of Windows 7?
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Adding date and time to systems tray in Windows 7
The date and time don't show up in my Windows 7 systems tray. I went into Control Panel and looked for answers. I increased the size of the task bar to see if it would pop up. No luck.
Help please!
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Sync the clock on Windows 7 to the time server more frequently
On Windows 7, is the way to sync the clock to the time server more frequently still the same as before (by regedit)?
Are there other ways such as by using the control panel or system tool?
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Replace clock battery on Dell Inspiron 8200?
I have an old Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop. Still mostly works, but the clock battery has died so everytime I power it on I need to go into the BIOS and set the proper clock time. From what I've been ...
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Where can I buy an NTP POE clock? [closed]
I want to buy some clock that:
gets the time by NTP
gets its power via POE
has a 24-hour readout
Bonus points for a binary clock.
Does anybody have any clues?
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Why is the hover tooltip over the tray clock in Windows XP unreliable?
Sometimes it appears behind the taskbar. Sometimes it doesn't appear at all.
Is there a way to fix it, or maybe a nice, unobtrusive way to see today's date?
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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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Show Seconds in Vista Clock on System Tray
What is the best way to show seconds in the clock on the system tray in Vista?
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Desktop Earth for Ubuntu
Is there any software available for Ubuntu like Desktop Earth ? (It is actually more than wallpaper. It updates as the time of day passes.)
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Is there any software or hardware which lets you stop, slow down, speed up or even reverse time?
Obviously I'm talking about time in terms of the PC clock rather than real time.
We were testing an application we've developed at work by setting the clock forward and back to simulate different ...
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System clock runs behind
The system clock of my PC (not a laptop) runs behind. What could be the cause?
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Windows 7 System Tray Date Display Not Appearing
I'm using Windows 7 RC and for some reason, the date won't show at all on my system tray. It used to for a while, but one day it just stopped (I didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out).
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Customizable Windows Clock
I need a customizable clock applicaion that can remain on top of all other windows when running. I would prefer a clock that allows me to use skins or some other means to give it a custom look. I ...
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Clock on my Mac gets altered when I boot into Windows
I'm running an iMac with OS X Leopard, and the Windows 7 Release Candidate (using bootcamp). Sometimes when I boot into Windows, and then boot back into OSX, I find that Windows has changed the ...
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Clock in Windows Vista (Ultimate Edition) is always 10 minutes fast
I have an annoying problem on my main pc (Thinkpad T61 running Windows Vista Ultimate edition). The clock (displayed in the lower right taskbar area) seems to be always 10 minutes fast. I have edited ...
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Vista: change clock tooltip to short date?
Is it possible to change the tooltip that shows above the clock from the "Long date" format to show the "Short date" format?
