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  1. 03-09-2009, 10:09 PM #1
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    Post DST

    My laptop XP Home does not update the time properly at time.windows.com.

    It is 1 hour slow.

    It is correct in the BIOS, the time zone is correct, and the DST box is checked.

    My desktop XP Home is fine.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks.
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  2. 03-09-2009, 10:41 PM #2
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    Did you install all the windows updates for DST?

    Run windows updates and see if it finds anything you missed.
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    Windows time and BIOS time should always be the same. BIOS time is the one thing that Windows is allowed to change freely. You need to double-check because they should not be different.

    MK is right. There was a Windows Update for the earlier DST start that you should have gotten before last March.
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  4. 03-10-2009, 06:39 AM #4
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    Thanks for the replies. It must be an update issue because I haven't updated anything since SP3. And yes, the BIOS is also 1 hour slow. I think it was correct when I checked earlier only because I had manually changed the time through "Adjust Date/Time".
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  5. 03-10-2009, 06:51 AM #5
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    The DST patch came out about 15 months ago....So there's no telling what went wrong.
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  6. 03-10-2009, 08:02 AM #6
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    You should have Automatic Updates enabled.

    http://www.theeldergeek.com/automatic_updates.htm

    If you change the BIOS time, it won't "stick" and will revert as soon as you boot into Windows because Windows updates the time via Internet:

    http://www.theeldergeek.com/windows_time.htm
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  7. 03-10-2009, 08:18 AM #7
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    Thanks everyone. With your help, this issue is now resolved.
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