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cannot adjust time and date


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ekikos

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hey,
i am using windows xp sp2. here is what happened...i was moving my laptop...and as i was doing so i diconnected the adapter cable from the laptop and the laptop shut down. when booting up again the time was not corrent and when i looked into it the date was push back to the year 2000. i was trying to update the time using internet but it comes up with error and it will not update.
any solutions?


thanks
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Can you manually change the time? And will it hold time if you shutdown and reboot?
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it will hold the time but not the date. always comes back to october 2000
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Usually losing time is related to the cmos battery being low or bad, But I am not that familiar with whats in a laptop.
I did have a comp over the weekend keep changing its time (date) to 2000 tho. But it exhibited many, many more issues. Its problem was related to a lot of malware/ spyware/ and a worm.
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currently i am using bit diffender 10 internet security. what can i do to check if the problem involves any spyware or malware
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You're best bet would be to go to the Malware section of this forum and follow the instructions at the top. Especially the Click Here link. That will give you several steps that will help you clean up most of all problems by yourself. If at the end of the cleanup process you are still having difficulty, and you may not be, then post a hijackthis log in THAT forum.

Please be patient as the "Malware Forum" is a very busy place and a two or three day wait is not unusual.

If you are still having problems after getting a clean bill of health from the Malware Section, please return to this thread. Please do not post a HiJackThis log in this thread unless asked to do so and then only as an attachment. To attach log, when requested, either change the .log extension to .txt, or put the log into a compressed (zipped) folder.

Please post back if your problem has been solved.

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