It’s the winter for power outages around here, with possible rotating outages due to damage at the power plant. These outages can also wreak havoc on our tech. Some minor, some major.
One minor problem I had because of the last outage was that the time on one of my computers was out of sync.
I usually sync the clocks in my home with the computer or TV. But sometimes those times need to be synced, too.
Here is how to do it in Windows 10. In the search bar, type “date” or “time,” then click “Date & Time settings” when it shows in the menu.
In the “Synchronize your clock” section, click the “Sync now” button. And that usually does it. If not, there are other options.
You can change the date and time manually, but first make sure the “Set time automatically” is turned off.
Then click the “Change” button. This pops up a box to manually change the date and time.
Also, make sure you are in the right time zone. Again, turn off the automatic option if you want to change it manually.
Nothing to do with syncing time, but there is the option to “Show additional calendars in the taskbar”. I have only two options there, not counting “Don’t show additional calendars”. “Simplified Chinese (Lunar)”, and “Traditional Chinese (Lunar)”.
Both just put Chinese characters in the calendar as pictured.
Anyway, stay warm, stay safe, and stay in sync.
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Hi Terry,
My little laptop hasn’t been online for 2.5yrs and no way to get online cos my house doesn’t have internet. I just use my phone these days.
But recently the laptop which is on its last legs anyway, threw a fit and the time went stupid.
It’s no biggie except it throws the photos into caos. I’m only keeping the old girl going because of the photos.
I thought I could just set the time again manually but it hasn’t worked.
I did the “make sure to allow manual time set” thing but it’s still heywire.
Does that mean it’s gone for good?
I would buy a new laptop but there’s no internet.
Cheers