Force windows to ignore Bios clock?

[shorterxp]

On occasion the power in my house goes out as I am on pre payment meter.

Loss of power resets the BIOS time, consequently so is the time in Windows.

Is there a way to make windows time static / independant of the BIOS time?

Edited October 26, 2018 by shorterxp

[dencorso]

No. But you can always resync to the correct time running NetTime at boot.
I still use v. 2b7, for machines that need it for some reason. But now there are newer versions, too.

Last Original NetTime (attached), by Graham Mainwaring:  http://www.mhn.org/~graham/
NetTime project, resurrected by Mark Griffiths: http://www.timesynctool.com/

 

NetTime-2b7.7z

NetTimeSrc-2b7.zip

[jaclaz]

The BIOS time is "kept" by an internal battery, capable (for months, years) to run an internal to the motherboard clock.

If your BIOS time is reset when the power goes out (and it does the same at every reboot and/or switch off/switch on cycle) it means that this battery is exhausted and needs to be replaced (or the motherboard is defective, but it is rare).

For desktops it is very easy to replace the battery (usually it is a CR2032):

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000239.htm

for laptops not-so-easy (some are soldered and anyway in some cases you need disassembling the laptop, which is usually problematic).

jaclaz

Edited October 26, 2018 by jaclaz

[shorterxp]

thanks fellas