Changing the Time (2)

[From Gradel to Grave]

I'd be grateful for anyone's advice. Well not anyone... :icon_wink

I use aol's online e-mail and the time's logged for receipt and sending of e-mails are four hours out. I can't see anywhere I can do anything about this.

Any thoughts?

 

[OldGit]

Move 4 hour west/east as appropriate?

 

[From Gradel to Grave]

Move 4 hour west/east as appropriate?

I've tried that and it made no difference. :icon_cry: My computer time is correct and the aol home page is as well but my e-mails are still out.

 

[Macky]

I'd be grateful for anyone's advice. Well not anyone... :icon_wink

I use aol's online e-mail and the time's logged for receipt and sending of e-mails are four hours out. I can't see anywhere I can do anything about this.

Any thoughts?

Where abouts in the world are you and is the time stamp 4 hours in front or back?

 

[From Gradel to Grave]

Where abouts in the world are you and is the time stamp 4 hours in front or back?

Sorted the time zone comments made me look further. The aol settings were right (was set to London) but I found my PC at work was set -8 hours not +4 as I said. When I noticed the time was wrong on my computer I must have just re-set the time without realising the time zone was out.

The aol must have adjusted it for the wrong time zone information it was getting and it's working fine now.

Thanks OG and Macky.

 

[OldGit]

Thanks OG and Macky.

Don't thank me - i was being facetious. I meant move - literally:icon_bigg.

 

[From Gradel to Grave]

Don't thank me - i was being facetious. I meant move - literally:icon_bigg.

You didn't say 'Simon says'.

 

[bocadillo]

You didn't say 'Simon says'.

Grayson or Royce?

 

[highland fox]

The Time and Date are wrong everyday now when I turn on this Computer.I have to adjust them each day,personally I think the Computer is on the way out

 

[Jeff]

The Time and Date are wrong everyday now when I turn on this Computer.I have to adjust them each day,personally I think the Computer is on the way out

The time not being right isn't an indication that there's a major problem with the computer, it just means the battery powering the internal clock isn't working.

 

[highland fox]

The time not being right isn't an indication that there's a major problem with the computer, it just means the battery powering the internal clock isn't working.

There are major problems with this Computer.AOL will not work properly,keep getting allsorts of Warnings,The Screen freezes for no reason.Fortunately its the Work one and seeing as I won't be here much longer its not important

 

[Jeff]

There are major problems with this Computer.AOL will not work properly,keep getting allsorts of Warnings,The Screen freezes for no reason.Fortunately its the Work one and seeing as I won't be here much longer its not important

Stuff like that can be caused by software, it's not necessarily a hardware problem. Usually when a PC is a couple of years old I wipe the hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch, it can make a huge difference to performance. Not something I'd want to talk you through doing though!


Do you have anti-virus, anti-spyware etc installed and up to date?

 

[highland fox]

Stuff like that can be caused by software, it's not necessarily a hardware problem. Usually when a PC is a couple of years old I wipe the hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch, it can make a huge difference to performance. Not something I'd want to talk you through doing though!


Do you have anti-virus, anti-spyware etc installed and up to date?

My stepdaughter was on about wiping the Computer had reinstalling everything but apparentlyn she needs a 'Recovery' Disc and her Mum appears to have mislaid it.
I don't know what you mean..Computer Whizz me.I believe we have Norton Anti Virus thingy

 

[Matt_B]

My stepdaughter was on about wiping the Computer had reinstalling everything but apparentlyn she needs a 'Recovery' Disc and her Mum appears to have mislaid it.
I don't know what you mean..Computer Whizz me.I believe we have Norton Anti Virus thingy

It might not be much help to you, but if she's more PC savvy, some PC's and laptops come with the recovery data installed on a seperate partition, maybe labelled as a D drive. Worth her checking.

 

[highland fox]

It might not be much help to you, but if she's more PC savvy, some PC's and laptops come with the recovery data installed on a seperate partition, maybe labelled as a D drive. Worth her checking.

She's quite up to date with Computers and says she needs the Recovery Disc.This Computer has never been the same since it got wet when upstairs was flooded

 

[newtonfox]

She's quite up to date with Computers and says she needs the Recovery Disc.This Computer has never been the same since it got wet when upstairs was flooded

which operating system you using Hf ,if its XP restart the PC and keep pressing R to put it in recovery mode .

mite help and you don't need the disk.

 

[bocadillo]

which operating system you using Hf ,if its XP restart the PC and keep pressing R to put it in recovery mode .

mite help and you don't need the disk.

What key you have to keep pressing depends on the make of your PC. It's more usually a function key.

But I do agree that you often don't need the disk - but remember that the primary problem is that the battery on the motherboard has expired and needs replacing.

 

[highland fox]

restart the PC and keep pressing R to put it in recovery mode .

Have you just made that up ?

 

[highland fox]

but remember that the primary problem is that the battery on the motherboard has expired and needs replacing.

I've got some HP7's in me bag

 

[bocadillo]

I've got some HP7's in me bag

Good for you!