Subj : IEXPLORER problem
To   : GERALD MILLER
From : CHARLES ANGELICH
Date : Thu Feb 24 2005 02:54 pm

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Hello Gerald - 

GM>>>>> I've found another 'weirdness'. After I've been in Wfw
GM>>>>> for a few hours and I quit back to DOS, I find that my
GM>>>>> system clock has lost some time. I recall there was a
GM>>>>> "fix" for this problem, but I can't remember which file
GM>>>>> was responsible for the time loss or the replacement
GM>>>>> (archive) file name. Any ideas? 

CA>>>> I do recall some discussion of lost time but I don't
CA>>>> recall what the 'fix' was, sorry. 

GM>>> I was under the impression that the lost time had
GM>>> something to do with an update to the filemanager or
GM>>> winmanager. I'll have to open up the archive of my
GM>>> previous Wfw311 installation and do a file-by-file
GM>>> comparison and see what I can find. 

The filemanagers for W3.x have Y2K issues and can be replaced
by downloads from Microsoft to fix those. The filenmanager for
W31 is not the same as for WFWG, each has it's own replacement
download. The calculator for W3.x has a rounding error and
there is a replacement for that also available for download. 

GM>>> The other alternative that I was thinking of was to FTP
GM>>> into the Micro$not Windows 3.x site and peruse their
GM>>> 00_index file... 

CA>> Go here: http://www.mdgx.com/lastweek.htm (it's AXCEL216)
CA>> and search the page for "clock". The tweaks look familiar
CA>> but my W31 machines are 140 miles from here and I can't
CA>> check to see if I have them or not (my W31 clocks do not
CA>> lose time). :-( 

The 'tweaks' are changes to the ".ini" files btw, nothing major. 

GM> I did locate an archive of a program that will connect with
GM> a time server to adjust the system time (configurable from
GM> once an hour, once a day, once a week, etc.). Don't
GM> remember the name of the archive or where I found it... :-(( 

I'm not sure what the name of my W31 atomic clock software is.
I use it once a month (or less). My machines are 140 miles from
here right now - unfortunately. 

GM> I vaguely recall that there was some sort of Y2K problem
GM> with one (or more) of the Windows 3.x files 

There are Y2K problems but they don't affect the 'clock' (see
above). 

GM> and the particular file that I'm trying to find was made
GM> available to address the problem of systems loosing time.
GM> I'll find it eventually. 

I'm reasonably certain the 'fix' applied to the ".ini" file
mentioned at AXCEL216's website is the solution to the problem
and does not require any other software - honest. :-) 

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