# The year in Win2k keeps resetting back to 2002.  Help!

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 18, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-in-win2k-keeps-resetting-back-to-2002-help/149446 "2003-01-18T10:46:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![lukaspriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5a626/32.png) [@lukaspriest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lukaspriest)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-in-win2k-keeps-resetting-back-to-2002-help/149446/1 "2003-01-18T10:46:19Z")

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For some reason, my computer will NOT allow itself to be set to the year 2003 - it just reverts back to 2002 whenever it is rebooted, and I can’t figure out what the hell is causing it! I’ve virus scanned, but to no avail. I’ve tried setting the date in the bios (cmos) and that doesnt help either. When I reboot, it changes back to, which makes me thing something in windows is changing it. Does anyone know what I can do to get the damn date to stick with 2003? Its been a terrible nuisance, causing me headaches with internet browsing (dated security certificates) and whatnot. HELP!

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-in-win2k-keeps-resetting-back-to-2002-help/149446/2 "2003-01-18T17:17:10Z")

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Is this a home computer or an office computer?

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-in-win2k-keeps-resetting-back-to-2002-help/149446/3 "2003-01-18T20:45:35Z")

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It’s possible that you have the Windows Time service started and that it’s set to synchronize with some incorrect server.

Right-click **My Computer** , hit **Manage** , expand **Services and Applications** , and select **Services**. Scroll down in the right pane until you see **Windows Time**. Double-click it. If **Startup type** is **Automatic** , set it to **Manual** and click the **Stop** button. This will keep Windows from setting the time and date automatically.

Alternatively, you may want to start the service and set it to a working server. You can do this by going to a command prompt and typing  
**net time \_computername_ /setsntp:time.nist.gov**

This will periodically synchronize your computer’s time and date with one of the US government’s atomic clocks.

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**Author:** ![lukaspriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5a626/32.png) [@lukaspriest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lukaspriest)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-in-win2k-keeps-resetting-back-to-2002-help/149446/4 "2003-01-18T21:38:47Z")

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Thank you so much for the advice, I’ll try it out. And yeah, this is a home pc, connected to a network of 2 other computers (for sharing a broadband connection)

thanks again…