Each time I boot to windows, when I come back to Mac OS X, the time is wrong. Sometimes just opening the date and time pane in system prefs makes it go back to the right time, others I have to manually set it. It is set to the right time zone. I've had to reset the time in windows too. Anyone know what's up?
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Time incorrect after booting to windows
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No idea but I get the same problem too - havent had a chance to look into it yet but noticed it last night after I had loaded XP through bootcamp.
Like RobbieDuncan said, its been resolved [apparently].
It was a well known issue, as well as Windows not keeping the correct time on each boot - but Apple said both were resolved with the new Bootcamp.
It was a well known issue, as well as Windows not keeping the correct time on each boot - but Apple said both were resolved with the new Bootcamp.
I am having the same problem. I have the time set to update over the network but it lately it seems it won't update and I have to set it manually. Is there a way to force it to look over the network and update time?
I am upgrading to boot camp 1.1.2 today hopefully that will help as I am currently running 1.1.1 and am still having the problem.
I am upgrading to boot camp 1.1.2 today hopefully that will help as I am currently running 1.1.1 and am still having the problem.
I am noticing something a little weird. When I open my date and time window I get the spinning beach ball for a sec, which is odd because on this Mac Pro just about every thing springs open so quick. I am guessing this could be because it searching for a network time? I also noticed it updated the time in the window but the change did not apply to the clock in my menu bar in order to get that to stick I had to switch to manual mode and clock save. Any one have any ideas on what I have going on here?
My time still is off, and like a user said earlier, it won't update automatically. I tell it to use network time, it gives me the beachball for a few seconds, and it never updates. I also use 1.1.2
I ran into this last night, installing/using the latest version of Bootcamp - the time shown during Windows setup was incorrect. However after installing Windows and the Mac drivers, and setting the clock to use a timeserver (but NOT first adjusting it manually; this seemed to be important), it fixed itself.
I actually did the Windows install twice (hey I had my reasons...). The first time I manually fixed the incorrect time during setup, but that caused the time to screw up once I booted into OS X. The second time through I didn't fix the time, set the clock to use the timeserver again, etc. - and the time was then correct in both Windows and OS X.
I don't know much about EFI, but if this were BIOS-based I'd suspect that the computer internal clock's time zone was set to Shanghai time, and it's that offset that's causing the problem.
I actually did the Windows install twice (hey I had my reasons...). The first time I manually fixed the incorrect time during setup, but that caused the time to screw up once I booted into OS X. The second time through I didn't fix the time, set the clock to use the timeserver again, etc. - and the time was then correct in both Windows and OS X.
I don't know much about EFI, but if this were BIOS-based I'd suspect that the computer internal clock's time zone was set to Shanghai time, and it's that offset that's causing the problem.