Wont update cause time is not synced

I changed the battery on my friends mobo and now the time will not sync and cant use windows update now. I hope i didnt ruin anything. Anyone know how to fix it?

did you try putting the old battery back in and see if it works that way ?

scrooge

No i have not. I threw it away cause it was almost dead. I put a brand new one in. It says the time and date is not synced and i tryed in the date and time properties. And i just realized that im posting something about windows xp in windows 7 forums. I hope someone can still help me.

is it the same # on the new battery ?
maybe there's something wrong with the new one .
is there a way you can test it on another system to make sure it works.
you may also want to remove the battery and then put it back in.

scrooge

Thanks for the help. I will try what you suggested. I have to go to his work and get his comp for the wekend so i will have it here with me. I will post back when i try it out.

what Kword said.

i did try that 1 time but i also let it boot up first , then i tried to do windows update and then when windows update didnt work i tried bios. But im gonna take the battery out while the pc is unplugged and then before it boots up im gonna do the bios date and time.

I got the problem solved. I just happened to overlook something i thought i checked before. The date was set to 2003. i feel stupid lol. Thanks for the help everyone!