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

2015-10-03T14:54:23+00:00

That is the soluation!

I did so and it worked!

thank u !
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Anonymous

2013-08-06T08:45:25+00:00

I have an ASUS M4A785 TD-M EVO motherboard, and I am getting tired of the system running OK with windows 7 for a few months, then, here we go again, sigh, the system clock goes nuts, speeds up to 6 x normal speed and nothing works.

Fixes vary but include running the scan program to remove and reinstall the time clock, changing the time-out settings, rebooting the computer from cold start about six times, sacrificing a white rooster at midnight, burning selected wax effigies of certain persons, etc, etc, etc.

My question is, do I finally give up and throw the ASUS motherboard in the bin or does the problem go away with Windows 8?

This has been happening for about three years.

Help!
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Anonymous

2012-09-18T11:01:42+00:00

I had a similar issue and the fix turned out to be a new power supply. Some of the other post make me wonder if odd power issues are the cause of this.
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Anonymous

2011-11-16T18:46:00+00:00

Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Windows Community site. In an effort to focus more attention on your particular situation, create a new thread here. This will mitigate confusion caused by more than one posting about similar topics, allowing us to focus on each customer individually

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