when i turn my computer on it comes up time executable has encountered a problem and needs to close we are sorry 4 inconvienience what can i do bout his i've never heard of this program.

Is that the exact error message? Not Run-Time? Or?

If it is just Time go to start/search and type in time.exe and see what comes up.

Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id especially of errors that seem to coincide with a crash. Also check the Information lines that might coincide with this issue.

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

it says : time executable has enecountered a problem and needs to close we are sorry for any inconvienience.
I've searched for it and it has located something in system 32 what do i do now delete it? please help this is really annoying it appeasr to pop up every hour or so and constantly after i've finished printing.

w32time.dll is the only legitimate XP file that I can find.

Did you find anything in the Event Viewer?

Can you post the exact path to Time Executable?

Could it be Printer software? Perhaps a scheduler?

I'm no expert, so can't give you a detailed answer. But I had the same problem, associated with a Lexmark printer. Lexmark were very helpful: visit support@lexmark.com, and tell them the problem; you will probably receive advice on how to solve it, by downloading a new printer driver.

Good luck!

Piers