24 hour clock keep defaulting back to am/pm setting

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  1. tni
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    Win 7 Enterprise 64
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    24 hour clock keep defaulting back to am/pm setting


    Hi All

    Sorry but I'm new to win 7 and I have a non critical issue, but it keep irritating me

    If I change the time to 24hour clock, outlook and the win time keep the 24hour format, but the it during the day goes back to am/pm setting, this also happens if I restarts or returns after sleep mode.

    In XP this newer happened to me, and the funny part is that my calendar that I have a mmm/dd/yy does not go back to default.

    I've tried to remove time sync but same issue

    Thank you in advance.
    Last edited by tni; 29 Jul 2014 at 05:17.
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  3. tni
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    Anyone??? Or is this just the way Win7 works?
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  4. Layback Bear
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    The only thing I can think of is you have a program installed that is changing your clock.
    Windows 7 will keep your settings as long as the motherboard battery is good and no other program is telling it to change.
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  6. tni
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    Thank you, that is what I was afraid off, talked to our network admins and they did confirm that they do not have any SW that controls time on the machines.
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  7. Ranger4
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    Could your problem be caused by the company network using the AM/PM time format & that is changing your computer. Just a suggestion.
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  8. Layback Bear
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    Well it seems like the program that is changing your time could be controlled by your I.T. Department and the network you are on. I'm no network/domain I.T. person but I'm thinking the network/domain and all the computers within need to use the same time. The time probable changes when a update or backup of some sort is done.

    I have no idea what a (SW) is.

    I would suggest never change the setting the I.T. Department has set. They normally don't like such things done or the people who do them. I know people who have lost their jobs doing such things.
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  10. skyred5
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    check your BIOS for the settings as well. I had one issue before whereby the time doesn't match no matter what adjustments was made and the culprit found is at the BIOS settings.
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  11. Computer0304
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    Layback Bear said:
    Well it seems like the program that is changing your time could be controlled by your I.T. Department and the network you are on. I'm no network/domain I.T. person but I'm thinking the network/domain and all the computers within need to use the same time. The time probable changes when a update or backup of some sort is done.

    I have no idea what a (SW) is.

    I would suggest never change the setting the I.T. Department has set. They normally don't like such things done or the people who do them. I know people who have lost their jobs doing such things.
    I think he meant software.
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  12. tni
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    Thank you all, but it happened yesterday evening on my home network, so it is not the corporate network, but most likely a software (SW) on the system.
    As the time is not changed only the displaying of it with 24hr clock instead of AM/PM, there is not location or time change.
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  13. pbcopter
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    Where are you setting the time to 24hr?
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