You used PC Restore *because* of this problem or you used PC Restore and
ended up with this problem?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

lrh381b2 wrote:
> Yes, the time zone is set correctly, I am in North Carolina and the time
> zone is set to Eastern time. It is a Dell computer, so I called Dell tech
> support. They told me to hold Ctrl and tap F11 to bring up Dell PC
> Restore,
> which is a program in a separate partition that restores your computer to
> an
> image created at the factory. Is it possible that the PC Restore turned
> back the clock in the BIOS? I am also getting certificate errors in IE 6
> saying "the certificate has expired or is not yet valid". I have to click
> "OK" 3 or 4 times for it to go away. Thanks.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Is your time *zone* correct?
>>
>> cf.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...1bc30aa463&p=1
>>
>> cf.
>> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d545e79b7df874
>>
>> cf.
>> http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...=en&IsMu=False
>>
>> cf. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326253
>>
>> cf. http://www.updatexp.com/0x80072f8f.html
>> --
>> Windows Update-specific newsgroup:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....windowsupdate
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>
>>
>> lrh381b2 wrote:
>>> Thanks for all the suggestions, I tied everysingle one of them, but
>>> Windows
>>> update still gives me the same error message: "Your computer's date and
>>> time
>>> appear to be out of sync with an update
>>> certificate. To fix this:
>>> 1. In Control Panel, open Date and Time Properties.
>>> 2. Ensure that the date and time are correct.
>>>
>>> Read more about steps you can take to resolve this problem (error number
>>> 0x80072F8F) yourself."
>>>
>>>
>>> "Detlev Dreyer" wrote:
>>>
>>>> "lrh381b2" <lrh381b2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think the virus corrupted a critical file in the windows directory,
>>>>> so Windows would not boot. After talking to the help desk for the
>>>>> computer manufacturer, My only choice was to erase the hard drive and
>>>>> make it like a new computer.
>>>>
>>>> This was certainly the best solution in terms of system security.
>>>>
>>>>> Everything works now except for Windows Update.
>>>>
>>>> In addition to PA Bear's reply there are some tools around fixing that
>>>> problem, eg. http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix or
>>>> http://download.mshelper.de/mshregs/winUpdRstre.exe
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> d-d

The clock in Windows was set to 2007, I feel so stupid, I didn't even notice
it. M y friend called to tell me he changed it to 2008. Now Windows Update
works fine. I didn't look at the clock in BIOS, I'm sure its fine since
Windows Update works now. I am such a n00b. Thanks for all your help. I
really appreciate it! I'll try to be more observant in the future.

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> What about the clock's Year setting. I frequently run into cases where
> events cause the BIOS time to revert to an earlier year setting. ( Most
> times it seems to choose 2005, perhaps BIOS creation dating ). You
> must have some form of calendar failure for Certificates to fail validation.
>
> "lrh381b2" <lrh381b2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D032654-24EB-4297-AA3D-23475D90822D@microsoft.com...
> > Yes, the time zone is set correctly, I am in North Carolina and the time
> > zone
> > is set to Eastern time. It is a Dell computer, so I called Dell tech
> > support. They told me to hold Ctrl and tap F11 to bring up Dell PC
> > Restore,
> > which is a program in a separate partition that restores your computer to
> > an
> > image created at the factory. Is it possible that the PC Restore turned
> > back
> > the clock in the BIOS? I am also getting certificate errors in IE 6
> > saying
> > "the certificate has expired or is not yet valid". I have to click "OK" 3
> > or
> > 4 times for it to go away. Thanks.
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Is your time *zone* correct?
> >>
> >> cf.
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...1bc30aa463&p=1
> >>
> >> cf.
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d545e79b7df874
> >>
> >> cf.
> >> http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...=en&IsMu=False
> >>
> >> cf. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326253
> >>
> >> cf. http://www.updatexp.com/0x80072f8f.html
> >> --
> >> Windows Update-specific newsgroup:
> >> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....windowsupdate
> >>
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> >>
> >>
> >> lrh381b2 wrote:
> >> > Thanks for all the suggestions, I tied everysingle one of them, but
> >> > Windows
> >> > update still gives me the same error message: "Your computer's date and
> >> > time
> >> > appear to be out of sync with an update
> >> > certificate. To fix this:
> >> > 1. In Control Panel, open Date and Time Properties.
> >> > 2. Ensure that the date and time are correct.
> >> >
> >> > Read more about steps you can take to resolve this problem (error
> >> > number
> >> > 0x80072F8F) yourself."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Detlev Dreyer" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "lrh381b2" <lrh381b2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> I think the virus corrupted a critical file in the windows directory,
> >> >>> so Windows would not boot. After talking to the help desk for the
> >> >>> computer manufacturer, My only choice was to erase the hard drive and
> >> >>> make it like a new computer.
> >> >>
> >> >> This was certainly the best solution in terms of system security.
> >> >>
> >> >>> Everything works now except for Windows Update.
> >> >>
> >> >> In addition to PA Bear's reply there are some tools around fixing that
> >> >> problem, eg. http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix or
> >> >> http://download.mshelper.de/mshregs/winUpdRstre.exe
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> d-d
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

I used PC Restore because Windows would not boot, and I could not run
recovery console off the XP Home CD because it would ask me for an
Administrator password, even though the Administrator password in the BIOS
was "not set". Apparently Dell would prefer I use the PC Restore. The PC
restore re-images the hard drive with an image created at the factory. So
the clock in Windows was set for the day the Windows was loaded at the
factory, June 2005. I synced the clock in Windows to time.windows.com, I
wonder why it didn't set the year to 2008? So, to answer your question, PC
Restore and my negligence caused this problem. Thanks for your help!

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> You used PC Restore *because* of this problem or you used PC Restore and
> ended up with this problem?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> lrh381b2 wrote:
> > Yes, the time zone is set correctly, I am in North Carolina and the time
> > zone is set to Eastern time. It is a Dell computer, so I called Dell tech
> > support. They told me to hold Ctrl and tap F11 to bring up Dell PC
> > Restore,
> > which is a program in a separate partition that restores your computer to
> > an
> > image created at the factory. Is it possible that the PC Restore turned
> > back the clock in the BIOS? I am also getting certificate errors in IE 6
> > saying "the certificate has expired or is not yet valid". I have to click
> > "OK" 3 or 4 times for it to go away. Thanks.
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Is your time *zone* correct?
> >>
> >> cf.
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...1bc30aa463&p=1
> >>
> >> cf.
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d545e79b7df874
> >>
> >> cf.
> >> http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...=en&IsMu=False
> >>
> >> cf. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326253
> >>
> >> cf. http://www.updatexp.com/0x80072f8f.html
> >> --
> >> Windows Update-specific newsgroup:
> >> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....windowsupdate
> >>
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> >>
> >>
> >> lrh381b2 wrote:
> >>> Thanks for all the suggestions, I tied everysingle one of them, but
> >>> Windows
> >>> update still gives me the same error message: "Your computer's date and
> >>> time
> >>> appear to be out of sync with an update
> >>> certificate. To fix this:
> >>> 1. In Control Panel, open Date and Time Properties.
> >>> 2. Ensure that the date and time are correct.
> >>>
> >>> Read more about steps you can take to resolve this problem (error number
> >>> 0x80072F8F) yourself."
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Detlev Dreyer" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> "lrh381b2" <lrh381b2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I think the virus corrupted a critical file in the windows directory,
> >>>>> so Windows would not boot. After talking to the help desk for the
> >>>>> computer manufacturer, My only choice was to erase the hard drive and
> >>>>> make it like a new computer.
> >>>>
> >>>> This was certainly the best solution in terms of system security.
> >>>>
> >>>>> Everything works now except for Windows Update.
> >>>>
> >>>> In addition to PA Bear's reply there are some tools around fixing that
> >>>> problem, eg. http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix or
> >>>> http://download.mshelper.de/mshregs/winUpdRstre.exe
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> d-d
>
>