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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2009-12-18T08:28:52+00:00

Could you post the details of your motherboard and processor? My details are as follows:

AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Quad Core Processor AM3 (3.20GHz, 8MB Cache)

ASUS M4A78-VM IN/SI Mainboard, (AM3/AM2+) with integrated HDMI/DVI/VGA Graphics - MATX

There may be a pattern emerging.
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Anonymous

2009-12-18T00:18:05+00:00

Hi have same brob. here. Bios clock fine, but win 7 clock is way to fast "6sec is 1min". I have tried the steps described above, but without success. is there any solution? typing is very dificult, cursor blinking very fast :) and 1 hit on keyboard makes mmmmmmmaaaaannnyyyyyyyyyyy hhiiiiittss:)))))
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2009-12-15T22:01:57+00:00

Dena,

I have tried the steps described above and also referred to the advice on thread below, but without success.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprogeneral/thread/ccdc1365-e381-4270-b2e5-c90eb0087eea

Please note that the problem has always been intermitent, so the temporary success described at the end of step two below may have been due to my actions, but may have been coincidental.

Other points to consider are:

-I have the impression that when the system has worked it has been after a day or two without use.

-When the system comes up and the clock is running fast I am presented with the user icon in the middle of the windows 7 screen, when the system works I see my wallpaper.

-The contributors to the thread below have Asus motherboards, so do I.

I woulds be interested to hear your advice. This problem is driving me to despair.

The steps I followed were as follows:

1.Net stop

I tried the steps described above. I entered 'net stop w32time', but was told that it wasn't running. I then tried the following step, but did not have sufficient privilages to execute the command. I assume that is because I didn't have the 'elevate privilages' described in your message. I don't know how to acquire elevate privilages.

I assume that the fact the w32 time was not running is significant.

2.Services.msc - Windows time

Referencing the thread quoted above I ran services.msc and looked at Windows time. The service had not started. I started it. I changed the startup type to Automatic. On the recovery tab I changed the action on Subsequent Failure to 'restart the service'. Note: reset fail count is 1 day and 1 minute.

I restarted the system and had the same problem. I restarted it again and the system worked correctly. I went to bed happy in the knowledge that the system was working.

3.Failed again

My wife rang me at work this morning to say that the problem had recurred. I brought up the system on my return from home. Windows time had not started.
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Anonymous

2009-12-11T21:38:00+00:00

Hi PhilLondon,

Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Windows 7 Community. The steps described above addresses the issue from the Windows side. Please complete the steps and let us know if they were helpful.

Dena

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