[Teddie1]

For some kooky reason Windows XP will not update or display ANY timestamp at all and i'm curious as to why, I've checked the NtfsDisableLastAccess DWORD value in the registry it is set to default value (0) which means it hasn't disabled the timestamp, but i'm still having this problem. When i recieve messages on Windows Live Messenger, it shows the date but not the time and i really don't know why. Could anyone care to shed some light on this please ?
Thanks in advance.

Edited by Teddie1, 14 January 2009 - 09:51 PM.

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Does it happen in Windows Live Messenger only?

[Broni]

Does it happen in Windows Live Messenger only?

[Teddie1]

Sorry for not stating, It happens in properties of all files within explorer also. This has me stumped i've checked everything but to no avail have not managed to solve this problem. Thanks for your reply btw

[Broni]

Is the computer time set correctly?

[Teddie1]

Yeah synchronized with time server.

here is what i get when i check last access time stamp

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It says this every where there used to be a timestamp just nothing shows only a date. It's baffled me

[Broni]

Is the computer time set correctly?
Does the clock show in systray?

I must admit, I've never seen anything like this before.

[Teddie1]

Synchronized with time server, GMT. Time & date is set correct. Likewise i've never seen anything like it.

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Here's ss of time/date settings. It's early hours of the morn here.

[Broni]

I'd run sfc /scannow.

[Teddie1]

Done that to no avail. Still the same. I really don't want to format would lose too much i don't have a harddrive that i can backup to which is pretty bad. Thanks for your help though much appreciated.

[Teddie1]

For some unknown reason i managed to solve my problem. I was hit with virtumonde some time back and it kind of changes your clock to "Virus Alert!" It would seem that the fix to this problem happened to lay in Regional & Language settings. I set back to United Kingdom and voila. problem solved. Thanks for help. You may lock this thread.

[Broni]

Interesting....Are you 100% sure, the computer is clean?

[Teddie1]

Oh yeah, I used combofix which allowed me to get my computer to a state where i was able to use other spyware/adware removal software. I haven't had a problem since using combofix etc.. I'm just happy it's fixed now . Thank you for all your help.

[Broni]

You're welcome
Be careful with Combofix, though. It's very powerful program.