Windows 7 : System clock running 60 times too fast

Anonymous
2009-12-05T23:06:14+00:00

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?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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Anonymous
2009-12-06T20:11:44+00:00

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!

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 Fouzan – Microsoft support

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-12-10T08:03:02+00:00

    Thanks for this message.  Before doing anything I checked the time on the Bios.  It showed the correct time.  I am told that this means that the time on the motherboard is correct and that the problem must be software related (or at least that's what the supplier of the new PC is telling me).

    Would your solution quoted above still be appropriate if the time on the Bios is correct?

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