Guest Amanda Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 For some unknown reason the date in my XP Pro SP2 "Date & Time Properties" has suddenly decided to change the current day to a date 8 days ahead. Why - heavens knows. I can select the date - click "apply" and then one second later literally watch the highlighted date gently change from the current day to 8 days ahead. I've tried everything I can think of - does anyone have any ideas because it is a bit awkward sending mails etc as it looks as if I'm in the future. Many thanks.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 Re: Date mysteriously changing. "Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:936FB8B5-9799-4900-ADD3-9ED6C2579EE5@microsoft.com... > For some unknown reason the date in my XP Pro SP2 "Date & Time > Properties" > has suddenly decided to change the current day to a date 8 days ahead. > Why - > heavens knows. I can select the date - click "apply" and then one second > later literally watch the highlighted date gently change from the current > day > to 8 days ahead. I've tried everything I can think of - does anyone have > any > ideas because it is a bit awkward sending mails etc as it looks as if I'm > in > the future. Many thanks. Disconnect your machine from the network. If the time now stays put then it got itself synchronised to an external time source. It could be your domain controller if you're on a domain.
Guest Amanda Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 Re: Date mysteriously changing. Hi Pegasus Disconnected from the network - changed date back to correct date from 8 days ahead - and then watched the highlighted date gently change back to 8 days in the future. (Not on a domain, just a home workgroup) "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:936FB8B5-9799-4900-ADD3-9ED6C2579EE5@microsoft.com... > > For some unknown reason the date in my XP Pro SP2 "Date & Time > > Properties" > > has suddenly decided to change the current day to a date 8 days ahead. > > Why - > > heavens knows. I can select the date - click "apply" and then one second > > later literally watch the highlighted date gently change from the current > > day > > to 8 days ahead. I've tried everything I can think of - does anyone have > > any > > ideas because it is a bit awkward sending mails etc as it looks as if I'm > > in > > the future. Many thanks. > > Disconnect your machine from the network. If the time now stays > put then it got itself synchronised to an external time source. It > could be your domain controller if you're on a domain. > > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 Re: Date mysteriously changing. OK, this proves that the change is caused by an agent on your machine. Now boot into Safe Mode and check if it still happens. By the way, what exactly do you mean with "gently"? "Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9E3B4BB5-64C7-463A-8D98-E4C3D383DE7E@microsoft.com... > Hi Pegasus > > Disconnected from the network - changed date back to correct date from 8 > days ahead - and then watched the highlighted date gently change back to 8 > days in the future. (Not on a domain, just a home workgroup) > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:936FB8B5-9799-4900-ADD3-9ED6C2579EE5@microsoft.com... >> > For some unknown reason the date in my XP Pro SP2 "Date & Time >> > Properties" >> > has suddenly decided to change the current day to a date 8 days ahead. >> > Why - >> > heavens knows. I can select the date - click "apply" and then one >> > second >> > later literally watch the highlighted date gently change from the >> > current >> > day >> > to 8 days ahead. I've tried everything I can think of - does anyone >> > have >> > any >> > ideas because it is a bit awkward sending mails etc as it looks as if >> > I'm >> > in >> > the future. Many thanks. >> >> Disconnect your machine from the network. If the time now stays >> put then it got itself synchronised to an external time source. It >> could be your domain controller if you're on a domain. >> >> >>
Guest Unknown Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 Re: Date mysteriously changing. Got to be virus or malware. "Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9E3B4BB5-64C7-463A-8D98-E4C3D383DE7E@microsoft.com... > Hi Pegasus > > Disconnected from the network - changed date back to correct date from 8 > days ahead - and then watched the highlighted date gently change back to 8 > days in the future. (Not on a domain, just a home workgroup) > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "Amanda" <Amanda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:936FB8B5-9799-4900-ADD3-9ED6C2579EE5@microsoft.com... >> > For some unknown reason the date in my XP Pro SP2 "Date & Time >> > Properties" >> > has suddenly decided to change the current day to a date 8 days ahead. >> > Why - >> > heavens knows. I can select the date - click "apply" and then one >> > second >> > later literally watch the highlighted date gently change from the >> > current >> > day >> > to 8 days ahead. I've tried everything I can think of - does anyone >> > have >> > any >> > ideas because it is a bit awkward sending mails etc as it looks as if >> > I'm >> > in >> > the future. Many thanks. >> >> Disconnect your machine from the network. If the time now stays >> put then it got itself synchronised to an external time source. It >> could be your domain controller if you're on a domain. >> >> >>
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