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Effect Error in Clock Time?
Hello,
If the computer clock-time is in error what effect would this have on a system. How close does clock-time have to be to actual time for any given zone? Help appreciated. Ben. |
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The effect of having your PC set to the wrong time when running Win Me is
virtually zero. Known effects including possibly annoying those to whom you send e-mail and also newsgroup postings as their time/date will be incorrect and may therefore appear to have been sent after they were received (if your clock were to be fast). The timestamp on files would be incorrect making locating files changed on a or at a specific time or date more difficult to locate. Some applications may cease to run if they are time limited trials and they suspect you are trying to defeat the time limitation of the trial, etc. etc. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Ben B wrote: Hello, If the computer clock-time is in error what effect would this have on a system. How close does clock-time have to be to actual time for any given zone? Help appreciated. |
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Compliments of the season, Mike, and my thanks for the
explication. Ben. -----Original Message----- The effect of having your PC set to the wrong time when running Win Me is virtually zero. Known effects including possibly annoying those to whom you send e-mail and also newsgroup postings as their time/date will be incorrect and may therefore appear to have been sent after they were received (if your clock were to be fast). The timestamp on files would be incorrect making locating files changed on a or at a specific time or date more difficult to locate. Some applications may cease to run if they are time limited trials and they suspect you are trying to defeat the time limitation of the trial, etc. etc. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Ben B wrote: Hello, If the computer clock-time is in error what effect would this have on a system. How close does clock-time have to be to actual time for any given zone? Help appreciated. . |
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Ben B wrote:
Compliments of the season, Mike, and my thanks for the explication. The compliments of the season to yourself as well Ben. Perhaps one area I skipped in my earlier reply was the area of Product Activation in so far as it effects Microsoft products, for example the XP operating system and MS Office XP and 2003 amongst others. Such products need to be "activated" within a certain number of days of installation to continue to function. Changing the date of one system on an unactivated product can immediately trigger the need to activate in much the same way as a time limited trial may cease to operate. Also where a user is posting to a newsgroup and their system clock is fast this can often lead to the removal or non-appearance of their message. Such filtering though will vary from news server to news server and I think does not apply to the Microsoft news servers. Cheers, -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP |
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Mike,
As a former ocean navigator I can appreciate the importance of time and relish the detail you share so willingly. My thanks. Ben. -----Original Message----- Perhaps one area I skipped in my earlier reply was the area of Product Activation in so far as it effects Microsoft products, for example the XP operating system and MS Office XP and 2003 amongst others... |
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One more consequence for the pot!
Windows Update will often throw a wobbly if the clock is significantly out. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone! Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Ben B" wrote in message ... Mike, As a former ocean navigator I can appreciate the importance of time and relish the detail you share so willingly. My thanks. Ben. -----Original Message----- Perhaps one area I skipped in my earlier reply was the area of Product Activation in so far as it effects Microsoft products, for example the XP operating system and MS Office XP and 2003 amongst others... |
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A good one, Noel, lordy you may have opened the flood-
gates! Enjoy your New Year's Evening, Noel. Best wishes. Ben. -----Original Message----- One more consequence for the pot! Windows Update will often throw a wobbly if the clock is significantly out. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone! Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Ben B" wrote in message ... Mike, As a former ocean navigator I can appreciate the importance of time and relish the detail you share so willingly. My thanks. Ben. -----Original Message----- Perhaps one area I skipped in my earlier reply was the area of Product Activation in so far as it effects Microsoft products, for example the XP operating system and MS Office XP and 2003 amongst others... . |
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