Just recently, my PC clock started resetting to January 4, 1980. Before then, Yacs PC Clock Synthesizer was always keeping it in line. So the day it first showed the error, I realized Yacs PC lock Syntheizer was not working, so I tried to modify the clock manually and while doing so, a Blue Screen of Death error pops up. I press a key to continue and the screen never comes back up. I reset and when Explorer starts to run, Yacs boots up and the error occurs.

I boot into safe mode and remove Yacs from startup, along with several other unecessary programs. I reboot and it takes 20 minutes for it to actually start Explorer in which everything runs all well, clock fixed, etc.

So yeah, I eventually had to reboot my computer and so when I did, the clock was set wrong again, but this time Yacs wasn't running nor ever did. I try to manually edit the clock and the error comes up again.

I'm looking for a solution, this is definatly the weirdest problem my computer's ever produced.

Notes:

-I run Windows 98SE
-Only the clock's date is wrong(January or June, 1980), the time is correct.
-Clock's date interferes with security certificates for websites so it's difficult to browse the internet.
-Date is correct when computer boots to CMOS Properties in BIOS, clock changes about 10 seconds into Explorer.exe loading
-Computer crashes occasionally on the hour
-Nothing set to auto-run except Microsoft and Intel drivers/programs

Hi the Jace and welcome to PCHF,

It looks like your CMOS battery is flat and needs to be replaced, this is the reason your clock keeps resetting itself and will slow down your machine quite a bit.

So you need to go out and purchase one of these batteries (CR2032), you should be able to find them at your local computer store (they are quite cheap), once you have bought it you can follow the following guide on how to replace it:
http://www.liverepair.com/encycloped...mosreplace.asp

Once you have done this let us know how your system behaves and if you still have problems we will look into them.

Battery links below:
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=cr2032&btnG=Search

Sorry to reply so late, but I forgot all about this until I skimemd my old bookmarks. For other people with similar problems, the battery needed replacing. Lol, I got a new comptuer now anyway. Thanks for the help.

Lol, thanks for the update Jace