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Post by Hank on Mar 18, 2024 22:41:20 GMT
ANNA ITS LIKE A WATCH BATTERY ABOUT THE SIZE OF A NICKEL.
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Post by Hank on Mar 18, 2024 22:45:38 GMT
PETE, ANNA, I BET I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS NOT ON THE SAME DAY NOW AS WHEN THE CHIP IN THAT COMPUTER WAS PROGRAMMED.
SET IT 1 HOUR OFF THE CURRENT TIME! CLUE IN SCREENSHOT TIME IS AHEAD.
THE LAST CHANGE TO THE WAS VERY EARLY.
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Post by Pete on Mar 18, 2024 22:48:49 GMT
Anna, here's how to set the time in Chrome: Open the Settings app. From the left pane, click and expand the “Advanced” section. Under the “Advanced” section, click “Date and time”. Click the arrow icon against “Time zone”. That last step will automatically set the time.
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Post by Hank on Mar 18, 2024 22:54:01 GMT
AH YES BUT IF THE TIME IS SET FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE AND THE CHIP IS THE PROBLEM COMPUTER WILL STILL BE UPSET!
SHE WILL HAVE TO BE THE HOUR LATE UNTIL THE COMPUTER CHANGES ITSELF.
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Post by Pete on Mar 18, 2024 23:36:25 GMT
Henry, that may be the trouble. Good points you've made.
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Post by swampygal on Mar 19, 2024 0:23:45 GMT
This is on my old Vista laptop.
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Post by swampygal on Mar 19, 2024 0:30:11 GMT
HANK I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT BATTERY IS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE NO LAPTOP HAS A BATTERY THAT SMALL.
I DID MAKE A MISTAKE ABOUT THE VISTA LAPTOP NOT HAVING A BATTERY. IT DOES BUT IT WAS CHEAPER TO ORDER A POWER CORD FOR IT.
BUT NOW MY WINDOWS 11 LAPTOP ISN'T GETTING POWER TO IT.
I MIGHT ORDER ANOTHER CORD FOR IT. THIS ONE IS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD.
I'LL ORDER ONE FROM AMAZON AND IF IT STILL DOESN'T POWER MY LAPTOP ON I CAN ALWAYS SEND IT BACH BACK.
I DID READ ON GOOGLE IT POSSIBLY COULD BE THE MOTHER BOARD.
I WILL PROBABLY GET THE PC GUY COME OVER AND LOOK AT IT.
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Post by Pete on Mar 19, 2024 12:10:15 GMT
Anna, did you try the steps I'd posted to set the time on Chrome? Did they work?
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Post by swampygal on Mar 19, 2024 17:32:25 GMT
I CHECKED AND THEY ARE CORRECT.
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Post by Pete on Mar 19, 2024 17:49:03 GMT
Anna, so your Chrome's time is right now. That's good. Does that mean you can now use Chrome to get around the Internet & to here?
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Post by swampygal on Mar 19, 2024 21:22:31 GMT
I TRIED BOTH WAYS. IT ISN'T NO BIGGIE. I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT ALL I COULD DO ON THE VISTA LAPTOP.
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