Questions tagged [clock]
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Pull System Time From Another Computer on LAN
I have a Windows 10 computer that has no internet connection. Whenever I power off the computer, the clock stops running, and since it has no internet connection, it cannot re-synchronize the time ...
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E-Core clock of 13600kf is very high on idle state
I think I have a "problem" with my new i5 13600kf. P-cores clock down in idle, but the E-cores do not and are at 3.9ghz all the time.
Is this normal or should the E-cores also clock down?
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Show seconds in system clock in Windows 11
I like to show seconds in the clock in the notification area of the taskbar (aka system tray, the lower right corner of the display).
In Windows 10, I added an item in the registry editor.
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Windows 11 Focus Timer not findable
I want to use the native focus timer from Windows 11. I researched where I can find it (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-use-focus-in-windows-11-cbcc9ddb-8164-43fa-8919-b9a2af072382) ...
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Show seconds with Clock app
I am using the Clock app on Windows 10:
but it doesn't show the seconds. Is it possible to enable this?
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Windows clock is running slow
My windows system clock is running slow. I've sat with a stopwatch and checked, each second it counts takes about 1.5 seconds. It synchronises normally every hour or so with windows time server and ...
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when a computer is plugged in and off,RTC still using the battery?
when a computer is plugged in to a power source
and off,RTC still using the battery?
or maybe the RTC "understand" that there is a better power source,the outlet?
the question applies to ...
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E-Core clock of 12900k is very high on idle state
I noticed that none of E-core clock of my 12900k goes under 3.7GHz.
Here's a screenshot of idle state from HWINFO64:
As you can see, even though every P-core shows 400MHz, each E-core clock is 3.7GHz....
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Windows time keeps changing to a certain (incorrect) local time [duplicate]
My laptop (ThinkPad) was purchased in Germany, then I move to a different time zone. The time of Windows 10 keeps changing back to German time. It can be fixed by clicking "Sync now" but how ...
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How can I show the unix time in the Windows clock?
How can I show the current unix timestamp in the Windows clock?
Whenever I need it, I currently look it up on this site, but it would be easier if I could directly see it alongside the actual time on ...
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Change RAM clock in BIOS of Intel NUC10
I am using Intel NUC (NUC10i7FNH)
Because of some reasons I want to reduce my RAM clock speed. I did some search and find this document from intel that said you can do this by clicking Advanced Button ...
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Why does Windows 10 show the wrong time on the system clock after a reboot?
I'm running Windows 10 on my PC. I have Windows 10 configured to sync to a remote clock. However, every time I reboot my PC, the clock jumps ahead about 45 minutes and continues to display the wrong ...
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Got error "Your clock is ahead" even the clock is correct
I use Windows XP ver 2002 SP 3
Lately I got (from some we sites) the error: Your clock is ahead
I checked, the time is correct, the option to automatically set date-time is marked
How to fix this ...
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Issue with Computer Clock (or perhaps LAN)?
I am experiencing a very strange behavior for which I struggle to identify the source, but assume it's the computer clock. Here is the setup and synopsis:
I have two computers on my home network ...
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Why does my laptop think it's the year 2112 after the battery reaches 0% charge?
When my laptop's battery reaches 0% charge, the next time I boot the system clock resets itself to January 1, 2112. I'm wondering:
Aside from the possibility my laptop is a huge RUSH fan, why would ...
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How can I display 'seconds' in Windows 10 Task bar?
It shows only date, hour and miniutes such as 11:41 PM, 8/20/2020.
I would like to see the 'seconds' always on the task bar.
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W32TM /register fails - The specified service has been marked for deletion (0x80070430)
During an unsuccessful attempt to sync my clock, I have run the command w32tm /unregister.
When I run w32tm /register I get the error: The following error occurred: The specified service has been ...
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What does mean that a clock has virtual infinite precision?
In the hwclock man page one can read:
(the hardware) clock actually has virtually infinite precision.
and also:
The System Time is not an integer, though. It has virtually infinite precision.
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Win10 System clock at local time, but display UTC in taskbar (or widget?)
I don't want to change my system's time to UTC (so all my file operations and email dates and such are local), but I want to view UTC as my primary clock on the bottom right of the taskbar. Is this ...
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Windows 10 (in a VM) forces time sync/update with setting disabled
I have Windows 10 in a VM to run some tests, some of which require me simulating a different or "wrong" time. However Windows 10 seems to force the clock to the current time despite the Set time ...
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Changing Windows 10 System Clock Doesn't Work
I'm trying to post-date my Windows 10 system by one year. I go into the Windows menu to change date and time. I press 'Change', it opens a window, I choose 2020, I press 'Change', then the clock ...
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Start systemd service after internet clock
My systemd service starts at boot, and creates a log file with timestamps.
However, as it is running in a device without real time clock (Raspberry), it writes some lines with wrong timestamps from ...
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Qemu-Kvm Windows 7 Host Clock Speed Issue
I've installed Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (x64) in a kvm virtual machine using virt-manager. Clock speed on the guest OS is going berserk. Everyhing is moving fast and the system time drifts which ...
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What time zone should I use for Cape Town
I want to add an additional clock for Cape Town. I know it's in SAST, but I don't know which of the time zones in the drop down correspond to it.
Here are the UTC+02:00 time zones in the dropdown:
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System clock 100x slow
I just encountered a baffling glitch. I woke up my laptop (windows 10) from a weekend of sleeping (maybe hibernation), and noticed the clock was wrong. It was 1:31 PM on Monday, but my computer ...
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Winodws 7 Clock falling behind randomly by a few hours
A friend's laptop running Windows 7 keeps running behind by a few hours or days. It's an older laptop though I'm pretty sure that it is not the CMOS battery going bad as it would outright reset to ...
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System Clock drifting - how to synchronize without internet
I configured a system displaying some emergency data, and it needs to change information once a day, at a certain time (8 am). In the last year, the system clock was about 7 minutes fast. How can I ...
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How do I remove the clock shown on the Ubuntu lock screen? [closed]
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.
I want the remove the digital clock from the lock screen because I just want to see a good wallpaper there, unobstructed.
How do I go about this?
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Lenovo Ideapad 530S - Heavy throttling making CPU stuck at 1.58GHz clock speed - Any solutions?
I'm using a Lenovo Ideapad 530S, which has i5 8250U CPU and MX150 GPU.
Whenever I play a game such as Forza Horizon 3, the CPU clock starts with 3.38GHz, which is the maximum clock speed possible. ...
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How can I determine the bus clock programatically or via command line in Windows 10?
I want to write a program that displays some system information. How can I programmatically determine the clock speed of the bus?
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My computer Clock is behind
A private connection to www.google.co.in can't be established because your computer's date and time (Friday, January 1, 2010 at 12:04:46 AM) are incorrect.
How can I correct the clock permanently.
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In the context of machine learning are there any specific specs one can evaluate to determine if one video card is more appropriate than another?
There are many different specifications provided when comparing GPUs. For instance, some of the many specifications include items like:
Single precision floating point “theoretical” computation.
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Why is my computer clock not refreshing?
Since about 2 weeks my computers clock does not update on boot anymore for some reason. It does not fall back to a certain date and the CMOS Battery is at 3.288V (checked both with Open Hardware ...
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What is the purpose of being able to set a time at a unrealistic point of time? [closed]
When fiddling around with the time settings on Windows, I noticed that you can set the date at an unrealistic point in history.
Why is this possible and what's its purpose? Did Microsoft and other ...
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How do computers, and computer-like devices such as phones, keep track of time? [closed]
I always wonder how timekeeping works on any electronic device; the basis on which it increments time units, such as every second or micro second.
Somewhere I read it works with a battery; but how?
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How can I stop Linux from changing Windows's clock?
I have a computer (HP-e010nr) that dual-boots Linux Mint 18.3 (Cinnamon, 64-bit) and Windows 8.1 (64-bit). Both are installed via BIOS compatibility mode (the Windows installer refused to use UEFI). ...
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How to add the date in the taskbar clock without having to resize it?
I don't have much icons so I'd like to keep the taskbar minimal to save more screen space. However I'd like to have the date visible. How can I do that in Windows 7?
For example, 15:31 should be 15:...
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How to show the time of multiple time zones in Windows 10 start menu
This article describes how to get the clocks of multiple time zones in the Windows 10 start menu, as follows:
Open the Alarms & Clock app.
Click on World Clock.
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How do I make a custom lock screen?
I would like to display the time as an analog clock on my lock screen, and I would like to show my battery percentage as a large loading bar stretching across my screen. Can I design a custom lock ...
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system clock not consistent in a dual boot system
I am running Windows 7 and Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty version in a dual boot configuration. The problem I am facing is this: - The system clock shown in the two OS remains different (separated by 5 hours and ...
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Windows 10: Issue With Clock While Using Custom Font
I am having trouble with the digital clock in the taskbar on Windows 10 when using a custom font. The colon appears as a square (invalid character). I've tried Clear Sans and FreeSans; regular, light, ...
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ASUS software atkexComSvc.exe keeps the clock at 100%
I bought an ASUS motherboard 970 Gaming Pro Aura, all runs ok except that a service from its software (atkexComSvc.exe) keeps the clock at 100% and uses about 17% to 25% of the processor resources.
I ...
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Windows 10 Clock Occasionally Displays +5 hours Upon Startup
I've been having this strange issue with my system clock. Sometimes when I start up Windows 10, my clock displays a time that is 5 hours ahead of the current time. So if it's noon where I live (...
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Laptop low cpu clock speed / multiplier
Couple of days ago i have noticed drops in the performance of my laptop. I couldnt stream a movie or surf web on more than one web pages without lag even though i have 8gb ram and ssd installed on my ...
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How does an alarm clock application work? [closed]
My phone is dead and I don't have an alarm clock. Here was my solution (in Bash) to ensure I will wake up tomorrow morning
while [ 1 ]; do
TIME=$(date +'%H'):$(date +'%M')
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How does computers sync the data and time while have no electricity?
How computers sync the data and time, While computer has isn't connected to any charge/electricity source?
For example I set date and time on Windows and then I Shutted-down whole system,
Pluged-out ...
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What is the difference between processor time and clock time?
I encountered the following section in my operating systems textbook:
At any given point in time, while the program is executing, this
process can be uniquely characterized by a number of ...
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Is there a way of getting correct CLOCK_TAI on Linux?
My Linux machine supports CLOCK_TAI, but its offset from CLOCK_REALTIME is incorrectly zero (this is the default). Is there software or other solution that will maintain CLOCK_TAI as TAI?
From ...
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How accurate is the file creation time on an image taken by my cell phone? [closed]
If I have the creation time for a JPD created by a cell phone camera, how close can I assume it is to the time that the image was actually taken? I would like to use the file creation time to ...
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Communication between CPU and Northbridge at different clock speeds?
I am interested in learning about how CPU's transfer data to peripherals, and came across the wikipedia article on FSB. While its probably a bit outdated compared to modern systems, my question still ...