Incorrect time in Windows XP

tschooler · Sep 11, 2007

Hello, I am a new user of Parallels 3.0. I just installed it on a new iMac 2.4 24". Windows seems to run perfectly, but it is not displaying the correct time in the taskbar. Is this a bug or a configuration issue? Thanks for any help.

Tim

sandro · Sep 11, 2007

hi,
try to set correct time and look around whether issue will reproduce again

tschooler · Sep 12, 2007

Hey Sandro, I tried that. But next time I booted into Windows the time was off again, as much as 7 hours off.

sandro · Sep 12, 2007

yes i see it now at my VM too. It just wasn't critical for me and i didn't see that earlier. Seems to be some Parallels BIOS bug.

gegervision · Sep 12, 2007

Check to see whether your NTP settings have changed. Are you on a Windows domain or a peer-to-peer network?

sandro · Sep 12, 2007

tschooler,
I investigated problem and i've just seen that my guest Win XP was configured with wrong time zone. When i corrected it all become fine. Also note that Parallels tools must be installed at your guest OS because it contains special time sync component that synchronizing guest OS time with your host Mac OS X.

tschooler · Sep 12, 2007

ok thanks Sandro! I will give that a try.

tschooler · Sep 12, 2007

Sandro, that was it! I can't believe I didn't notice it before. I think in a normal Windows install (On a PC) you get a prompt to choose your time zone but I don't think that happened when I installed Windows via Parallels. Anyway I really appreciate the suggestion, that was the problem!
Tim