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?

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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!

 Thanks and regards

 Fouzan – Microsoft support

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-07-17T21:11:14+00:00

    I had this happen today on a machine with an Asus M3A78-CM motherboard. Powering down the mains for 30 secs fixed it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-06-24T18:26:47+00:00

    *I as well have this problem with all the same symptoms. I have a custom built pc that once had XP & Vista on it. Now it's had Windows 7 64bit Home Pre., HD Radeon 4850 1GB 256bit card, Asus M3A78-EM, 150BG Western Digital Raptor,*AMD Athlon x64 6000+ , It's my daughters computer. It has ran fine for the last 6 months, then all of a sunned it started the crazy fast clocks, log in icon in middle of screen. Nothing has changed except I did hook up another tower to all her stuff  monitor, keyboard mouse. That was only the 2nd time ever sense windows 7 installed had it ever been unplugged. It some times gets shut off at night and some times not. It gets used everyday for networking games online. What gives, this board is a replacement for a one that died with Windows 7. My other 5 computers are all custom builds with Windows 7 64bit and Vista 64bit, but they have Gigabyte motherboards and Biostars' all AMD's and AM2 & AM3 family chips. None have any issues. I would like to hear any thoughts or suggestions you might have. Thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-05-18T04:11:29+00:00

    Wow I'm not alone.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-04-13T23:27:01+00:00

    I never made it back on here to put in my two cents after I fixed the issue.  I finally got around to running Memtest86.........110K errors in one full pass.  I think that may have had a small part in my issues.  I RMA'd the RAM and my Mobo (I wasn't happy with it) and re-installed W7.  I've had zero issues since then.  RAM can account for a lot of random errors.

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