Why is the time thing on my computer always 20-ish minutes slow?!

[LaraMN]

I keep "adjusting" it, and it keeps falling behind again.
I dunna' undastand!

[struggle4progress]

1. Cain't ya set some thingy so yer sistem syncs automatic-like with sum time server?

[LaraMN]

2. I dont't know. Can I?

That sounds confusing. What's a "time server"?

[struggle4progress]

7. NIST has internet-accessible clocks, and many operating systems can access them automatically

http://www.google.com/search?ned=us&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&ned=us&q=windows+vista%7CXP+internet+time&btnmeta%3Dsearch%3Dsearch=Search+the+Web

[LynneSin]

3. bad cmos battery

:D

[Shardik]

5. If it's not that, it could be

that there's a tear in the space-time continuum near the computer that is causing it to operate partially in another location far, far away.

[Ikonoklast]

4. I canna ' keep her guin at this speed, Captain!

I'm givin' you all she's got!

[LaraMN]

6. Nevermind. I set it nineteen minutes ahead.

Now, I will just wait and see if it catches up. Backwards.

[LaraMN]

9. Update! This did not work!

It is still somehow nineteen minutes behind!
It boggles the mind.

[kimmerspixelated]

8. Because you are 40 minutes late!

Oh, I'm sorry...wrong answer...In Baltimore it's 6:42!!!

[latebloomer]

10. Mine is about 16 minutes slow

And no, I don't know why.

[crispini]

11. right click on the clock

choose adjust date/time

choose third tab "Internet Time"

Put a check in the box next to "Automatically synchronize with internet time server"

see if that fixes it.

[Robeson]

12. Your space-time continuum is "stuck" in a time loop...

...I suggest you begin a level three diagnostic on your sub-loop relays.

That should handle it.

[rucky]

13. maybe it was made in Texas?

[cynatnite]

14. Have you checked your flux capacitor?

I find a couple of good whacks will fix mine. It's either that or I really am from the future.