DELL COMPUTER LOSES TIME FIX written by: paranoidxe date: July 2004 email: paranoidtsi@hotmail.com This issue arrises on some Dell computers running Windows XP, I do not know the cause of it, but here is a possible fix: - click start, run, type in cmd, click ok - type in Net stop w32time press enter - type w32tm /unregister press enter, repeat - type w32tm /register press enter - type net start w32time press enter - close the command box Hopefully this will fix your issue.