What could be causing Windows to randomly reset the system time to a random time?
- by Jonathan Dumaine
My Windows 7 machine infuriates me. It cannot hold a date. At one point it all worked fine, but now it will decide that it needs to change the system time to a random time and date, either in the future or past. There seems to be no correlation or set interval of when it happens.
In attempt to remedy this, I have:
Correctly set the time in BIOS.
Replaced the motherboard battery with a new CR2032 (even checked it with a multimeter).
Tried disabling automatic internet synchronizing via "Date and Time" dialog.
Stopped, restarted, left disabled the Windows Time service.
Yet with all of these actions, the time will continue to change.
Any ideas?