codysnowboard
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So I have the Surface Pro 3 i7 256gb version. It is apparently from the year 2050.
I've had it for about four days.
At first, everything was working fine. I was in love with this thing!
But then I installed Comodo anti-virus software and an app called Readiy. They weren't my first apps or anything, but one of them caused an issue where Windows kept freezing, giving me the BSOD, and then the screen would go black but when I touched the Home button it would still vibrate. I ended up having to do the "power button and volume button" method of shutting down in order to get it to start up again. It would freeze within a minute or two of turning on no matter what I did, but I ended up getting both Comodo and Readiy uninstalled, and the computer stopped freezing.
However, I tried to install some updates, as Windows apparently hadn't installed them automatically like I thought it was doing, and everything has gone kaput since then.
After doing a number of updates, I noticed that in Google Chrome it was telling me I couldn't use HTTPS because the date was wrong. It has the time, day, and month correct, but it says the year is 2050.
I tried to change it manually, but it won't give me any choices of years prior to 2020!
Unfortunately, with the date being wrong, I am having trouble with almost everything, specifically Windows Update no longer works.
I tried to do a refresh of the system, which did nothing but uninstall a few programs I had, (like Steam).
So I bit the bullet and did a complete reset.
Upon resetting and losing all of my installed apps, (no big deal but a minor annoyance), the system is apparently completely new but it still thinks it's the year 2050, and I cannot sign into a Microsoft account and can only use a local account, I cannot get Windows Update to work, and a lot of apps are having trouble because of this messed up year issue.
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? The control panel no longer seems to have the option to change the time server, so I'm kind of at a loss. :|
I've had it for about four days.
At first, everything was working fine. I was in love with this thing!
But then I installed Comodo anti-virus software and an app called Readiy. They weren't my first apps or anything, but one of them caused an issue where Windows kept freezing, giving me the BSOD, and then the screen would go black but when I touched the Home button it would still vibrate. I ended up having to do the "power button and volume button" method of shutting down in order to get it to start up again. It would freeze within a minute or two of turning on no matter what I did, but I ended up getting both Comodo and Readiy uninstalled, and the computer stopped freezing.
However, I tried to install some updates, as Windows apparently hadn't installed them automatically like I thought it was doing, and everything has gone kaput since then.
After doing a number of updates, I noticed that in Google Chrome it was telling me I couldn't use HTTPS because the date was wrong. It has the time, day, and month correct, but it says the year is 2050.
I tried to change it manually, but it won't give me any choices of years prior to 2020!
Unfortunately, with the date being wrong, I am having trouble with almost everything, specifically Windows Update no longer works.
I tried to do a refresh of the system, which did nothing but uninstall a few programs I had, (like Steam).
So I bit the bullet and did a complete reset.
Upon resetting and losing all of my installed apps, (no big deal but a minor annoyance), the system is apparently completely new but it still thinks it's the year 2050, and I cannot sign into a Microsoft account and can only use a local account, I cannot get Windows Update to work, and a lot of apps are having trouble because of this messed up year issue.
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? The control panel no longer seems to have the option to change the time server, so I'm kind of at a loss. :|
I feel a fool that it was something so simple, but that did the trick. 
