Computer Clock Running Fast

My computer's clock is running fast. If I reset the time in "Date and Time Properties - Internet Time" it will be as much as 20 mins. fast in a couple of days. I've heard of computer clocks running slow because of a CMOS battery failing but speeding up? The Windows utility does recalibrate it about once a week, but the time could be an hour out by then and it's a bit of a pain in the ass to manually calibrate it every time I sit down at the 'puter. My computer is less than 4 months old, so I doubt the BIOS is in need of updating.
Is there a way to set the Internet Time Utility to calibrate more frequently?
If not, can anyone suggest a 3rd party utility that would keep the time more accurately than WinXP?

My System:
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4ghz CPU
Foxconn nForce4 Ultra Athlon 64 MoBo
Seagate 250gb SATA HD
1gb PC3200 400mhz DDR RAM
MSI NX6600 256mb Vid Card
Scorpio 868 Case w/420 watt PSU
WinXP Home SP2

 

Yes, but it involves a trip to the Registry, so create a Restore Point prior and take all the usual precautions.


Go to Start, run and type in regedit then click OK.

Navigate to:

1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time\Tim eProviders\NtpClient

2. Select "SpecialPollInterval"

3. Change decimal value from 604800 to some other
value in seconds. i.e.: 172800 (2 Days) or 86400 (1 Day) and so on.

 

Thank you for the quick reply. I went through all the steps that you outlined and it did not change the "Next Synchronization Date" in the date/time utility. I was about to curse your name when, on a whim, I rebooted my machine and lo and behold! it had indeed affected the change from once a week to every 12 hrs. Thanks once again.....Lawman

 

Simplest, smallest and quickest program, I have found, to manually update your time is:
Neutron for all M$ OS’s http://keir.net/

Run it anytime, takes only a few seconds to update.
It is a really small program.14kb, including a txt file. Bazza
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I was about to curse your name for not replying, when I refreshed my page, and lo and behold! you had indeed replied.

You're Welcome, glad I could help.

 

A great tip, thanks Insomniac. I've bookmarked it, for future reference. Bazza

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