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Windows XP mystery?
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gareth evans
2022-11-23 18:10:06 UTC
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Ancient Asus laptop running Windows XP.

When I switched it on at the weekend got a warning that the CMOS
battery was low, so had to F2 to restore defaults.

Now, neither FireFox nor Internet Explorer will display any websites,
complaining that any and every web site has an erroneous certificate.

However, my other XP laptop runs Firefox with no difficulty.

The Asus is dual boot and even Linux will not start up.

Any clues anybody?

TIA
Louis Krupp
2022-11-23 21:36:21 UTC
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Post by gareth evans
Ancient Asus laptop running Windows XP.
When I switched it on at the weekend got a warning that the CMOS
battery was low, so had to F2 to restore defaults.
Now, neither FireFox nor Internet Explorer will display any websites,
complaining that any and every web site has an erroneous certificate.
However, my other XP laptop runs Firefox with no difficulty.
The Asus is dual boot and even Linux will not start up.
Any clues anybody?
TIA
Wild guess: Is the hardware clock set correctly? Does it match the other
laptop?

Louis
Robin Vowels
2022-11-24 02:48:50 UTC
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Post by gareth evans
Ancient Asus laptop running Windows XP.
When I switched it on at the weekend got a warning that the CMOS
battery was low, so had to F2 to restore defaults.
Now, neither FireFox nor Internet Explorer will display any websites,
complaining that any and every web site has an erroneous certificate.
However, my other XP laptop runs Firefox with no difficulty.
The Asus is dual boot and even Linux will not start up.
Any clues anybody?
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Replace the battery?
Andreas Kohlbach
2022-11-24 06:53:52 UTC
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Post by gareth evans
Ancient Asus laptop running Windows XP.
When I switched it on at the weekend got a warning that the CMOS
battery was low, so had to F2 to restore defaults.
Now, neither FireFox nor Internet Explorer will display any websites,
complaining that any and every web site has an erroneous certificate.
However, my other XP laptop runs Firefox with no difficulty.
The Asus is dual boot and even Linux will not start up.
Any clues anybody?
Set the clock manually (and replace the battery).

I even had this with my Android 6.0 at some point. After a hard lockup
the time was way in the past. And the annoying web postal of a public
WIFI I was also told me about a problem with a certificate. I think it
wouldn't has been issued yet.

Bummer, not being able to get online the time wouldn't set itself
(NTP). And not having the correct time I couldn't go online. Catch 22?

I wonder how many people who experienced that threw their smartphones or
tablets away. Solution was of course setting the time manually.
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Andreas
andres
2022-11-30 05:09:37 UTC
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Post by gareth evans
Ancient Asus laptop running Windows XP.
When I switched it on at the weekend got a warning that the CMOS
battery was low, so had to F2 to restore defaults.
Now, neither FireFox nor Internet Explorer will display any websites,
complaining that any and every web site has an erroneous certificate.
However, my other XP laptop runs Firefox with no difficulty.
The Asus is dual boot and even Linux will not start up.
Any clues anybody?
TIA
Try this:

https://www.timesynctool.com/

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