my computer does not allow me to the systerm year

hi, all,
Please give me a little help with any idea what might be wrong with my
computer.
I just got this DELL computer 2 months ago with windows XP installed.
I found out yesterday it does not allow me to change the year of the
computer time beyond 2005. Once I changed to 2008 and click apply,
then it will change back to 2005 again. But I can change the month,
day and time, and I can also change the year in Safe Mode. Only when I
use normal start, it does not allow me change the year again.
Thanks a lot.

And what is the year as set in the BIOS?

"ygw" <yanguowang@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:d1b5e086-616a-4411-9ef0-fa1fa5a2e32f@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> hi, all,
> Please give me a little help with any idea what might be wrong with my
> computer.
> I just got this DELL computer 2 months ago with windows XP installed.
> I found out yesterday it does not allow me to change the year of the
> computer time beyond 2005. Once I changed to 2008 and click apply,
> then it will change back to 2005 again. But I can change the month,
> day and time, and I can also change the year in Safe Mode. Only when I
> use normal start, it does not allow me change the year again.
> Thanks a lot.

year 2005.

On Feb 18, 3:13*pm, "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoS...@MSN.com> wrote:
> And what is the year as set in the BIOS?
>
> "ygw" <yanguow...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:d1b5e086-616a-4411-9ef0-fa1fa5a2e32f@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > hi, all,
> > Please give me a little help with any idea what might be wrong withmy
> >computer.
> > I just got this DELLcomputer2 months ago with windows XP installed.
> > I found out yesterday itdoesnotallowme to change the year of the
> >computertime beyond 2005. Once I changed to 2008 and click apply,
> > then it will change back to 2005 again. But I can change the month,
> > day and time, and I can also change the year in Safe Mode. Only when I
> > use normal start, itdoesnotallowme change the year again.
> > Thanks a lot.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

"ygw" <yanguowang@gmail.com> wrote in message
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year 2005.



<snip>

you should contact the mfg before your warrantly runs out

you need to replace your CMOS mother board battery, or check the connection
to the battery.

"ygw" wrote:

> year 2005.
>
> On Feb 18, 3:13 pm, "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoS...@MSN.com> wrote:
> > And what is the year as set in the BIOS?
> >
> > "ygw" <yanguow...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:d1b5e086-616a-4411-9ef0-fa1fa5a2e32f@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> >
> >
> >
> > > hi, all,
> > > Please give me a little help with any idea what might be wrong withmy
> > >computer.
> > > I just got this DELLcomputer2 months ago with windows XP installed.
> > > I found out yesterday itdoesnotallowme to change the year of the
> > >computertime beyond 2005. Once I changed to 2008 and click apply,
> > > then it will change back to 2005 again. But I can change the month,
> > > day and time, and I can also change the year in Safe Mode. Only when I
> > > use normal start, itdoesnotallowme change the year again.
> > > Thanks a lot.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
>

ygw added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

> year 2005.

Did you try changing the date in BIOS? If yes, then your PC is
either broke or woefully out-of-date, I'd call Dell for a refund.
If no, please try to set it in the BIOS and see if it'll stick. In
any case, good luck, I'm sure by now you're plenty frustrated.
>
>> news:d1b5e086-616a-4411-9ef0-fa1fa5a2e32f@s12g2000prg.googlegr
>> oups.com...
>>
>> > hi, all,
>> > Please give me a little help with any idea what might be
>> > wrong withmy computer. I just got this DELLcomputer2 months
>> > ago with windows XP installed. I found out yesterday
>> > itdoesnotallowme to change the year of the
>> >computertime beyond 2005. Once I changed to 2008 and click
>> >apply, then it will change back to 2005 again. But I can
>> >change the month, day and time, and I can also change the
>> >year in Safe Mode. Only when I
>> > use normal start, itdoesnotallowme change the year again.
>> > Thanks a lot.- Hide quoted text -

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