Windows 7 : System clock running 60 times too fast

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I am a novice user of Windows 7, having had it on a new PC for less than a week. On Thursday evening it worked fine, on Friday the system clock started running 60 times too fast. The minutes are changing every second, the hours less frequently (i.e. not every minute). It is playing havoc with the behaviour of the PC. I have to keep moving the mouse or the screen turns off and the keyboard takes every keystroke and repeats it twenty or thirty times. What can I do?

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Hi PhilLondon,

Welcome to Microsoft Answers!

Usually, this issue is caused by Windows Time service corrupt. You can try to take following steps to troubleshoot this issue.

Run the following command in a elevate privileges cmd window.

net stop w32time

w32tm /unregister

w32tm /register

net start w32time

w32tm /resync

Then, please restart the computer to test the issue again.

W32tm.exe is used to configure Windows Time service settings. It can also be used to diagnose problems with the time service. W32tm.exe is the preferred command line tool for configuring, monitoring, or troubleshooting the Windows Time service.

Refer this link for more information:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773263(WS.10).aspx

You also perform System File Checker.

1. Open an elevated command prompt. To do this, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command

Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the

password, or click Allow.

2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

sfc /scannow

The sfc /scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.

For further information, visit the below mentioned link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

Hope this information helped!

Thanks and regards

Fouzan – Microsoft support

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Anonymous

2010-02-16T23:49:17+00:00

Phil, I have exactly the same problem with a system from the same supplier, M4A78-VM motherboard, quad core AMD, etc

The supplier are being unhelpful and it seems there is an inherent fault with other people finding the same problem,

It would be good to swap details if possible and see if we can get a refund for these systems,

My details are ds266(at)hot mail . com, would be good to hear from you or anyone else with similar problems,

Good luck by the way.
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Anonymous

2010-02-06T15:19:03+00:00

Congratulations on getting a working PC.

My wife returned my PC, monitor et al to Mesh on Tuesday. I have demanded a full refund. I did give them the relevant urls, which all indicated a motherboard problem. Very frustrating. I hope they are better at returning client money.
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Anonymous

2010-01-31T02:49:18+00:00

Yesterday I received a new ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO from my supplier. I've built the PC with the same components and now works fine :)

Good luck!
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Anonymous

2010-01-30T21:19:21+00:00

As suspected the problem wasn't solved. I picked up the machine today from the supplier (step forward Mesh and take a bow) and of course the problem is still there. I've had enough and will ask for a full refund.
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