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   From: t.4.2@2.4.t   
      
   "Rod Speed"  wrote in message   
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   > TyBreaker  wrote   
   >> rod.speed@gmail.com wrote   
   >   
   >>> Weird. I've just noticed that my laptop always synchs up 5 mins later   
   >>> than the other systems on the lan and it has done that for months.   
   >   
   >>> While its normally connected to the lan by wireless, I get   
   >>> exactly the same result when its plugged into the lan too.   
   >   
   >>> Makes no difference which time server I use.   
   >   
   >>> Completely standard XP Home, and the manual resynchs   
   >>> are quite happy, just gets the time wrong by 5 mins.   
   >   
   >> I point my computers at au.pool.ntp.org and their web site mentions that   
   >> it is possible to come up with variations in time by a few minutes   
   >> because it depends on the accuracy of the publicly managed servers in   
   >> that pool.   
   >   
   > Cant be that, because all of the PCs/laptop are using the same   
   > time server and particularly the one which alarms when the   
   > ABC TV News starts, is always within a second of the real time.   
   >   
   >> I was thinking that one scenario could be that your laptop has picked up   
   >> it's time from an NTP server that isn't accurate.   
   >   
   > Nope, its the same one that the others use.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Just at a guess, your CMOS time and system time are always different and   
   every time you reboot, the CMOS time resets the system time.   
      
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