As practice shows, the mismatch of the set date and time in Windows operating systems (and not only XP) can affect the computer's performance quite strongly and cause a lot of errors, for example, with updates, installing software products, etc. Now we will discuss how to change date in Windows XP with a few simple methods. Among other things, we will dwell on additional settings and priorities.
How to change the date in Windows XP in the simplest way?
Actually, the process of changing the date and time on computers and laptops working under the control of "export" is not so complicated.
The first and easiest way is to call the corresponding settings by double-clicking on the clock icon in the system tray, unless, of course, its display is turned off by the user (by default the service is in active state). Otherwise, access to the parameters can be obtained through the standard Control Panel, where the corresponding section is selected.
A window with a standard tab appears in front of the user, on which a calendar, an analogue and digital clock are displayed, indicating the current settings. How to change the date of Windows XP? Yes, very simple. In the fields above the calendar, just select the year, month and day. Time is set on the electronic clock by highlighting each indicator and entering new data.
After that, you can also go to the time zone selection tab, and then on the next tab, enable or disable synchronization with Internet time. Why is this needed? Yes, just so that the system clock always goes exactly. Best of all, if the computer terminal includes permanent access to the Network.
How to change the date in Windows XP 3F-class from the command line?
There is another equally effective way to change the current date and time settings. For example, take the Windows XP system with the third class 3F service pack, which is considered the fastest among all the modifications, because it installs in just 3 minutes 30 seconds. However, now is not about that.
How to change the date in Windows XP of this version (and not only) using commands? Elementary! First, from the menu "Run" (Win + R) we call the command line (cmd). Here, to set the date, the standard DATE command is used, after which a date is entered in a space in the format "day-month-year" (note, with a hyphen). To set the time, a similar TIME command is used, followed by entering the time in the format "hours-minutes-seconds".
BIOS Priority
Now the most important thing! The fact is that changing the date in an already running system does not always work or allows you to fix some significant errors. Therefore, regardless of the installed "OS", such settings are best done in the BIOS.
When entering the BIOS settings, on the main tab there is a special line for setting the system date and time. It can be located either on top or slightly lower (it all depends on the version and developer of the BIOS). Changing such settings is recommended here, since only such an installation in most cases allows you to get rid of system failures.
For stationary computers, you can preliminarily make a general reset of parameters by first removing the power battery, which is located on the motherboard, for ten seconds. Alas, this option does not work on laptops.
Last tip
It remains to add that the question of how to change the date in Windows XP, however, as in any other system, is solved quite simply. The only recommendation in the end: set these parameters exclusively from the BIOS. This is the best way. The system date and time will automatically be applied to the settings of the OS. This method will allow, as already mentioned above, to get rid of some critical failures that cannot be eliminated using a standard method in a working system.