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!

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 Fouzan – Microsoft support

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-03-31T15:29:40+00:00

    It happened again and switching the keyboard and mouse usb connections fixed it.  At least I have a work-around now.  I'm disabling hibernation in the OS to see if maybe that will stop it from happening again.  If you don't hear from me again, it worked or I'm dead.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-03-17T12:21:37+00:00

    I had this problem on my ASUS M4A785-M motherboard and AMD X2 240 as well as Phenom X2 550.

    A suggestion on the ASUS VIP forums solved my problem (found here: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20091005082214937&SLanguage=en-us&board\_id=1&model=M4A785TD-V%20EVO&page=3)

    The jest of it is:

    Disable Secure Virtual Machine Mode in the Bios

    Turn it off, you need to unplug the power from the box for the setting to take effect.

    Replug back after 1 min and start up the machine.

    I first had the problem when I upgraded the CPU from a Phenom 9150e to X2 240. It automagically went away (which come to think of it, I may have inadvertently done the above procedure).

    However, I decided once again to upgrade to an Phenom X2 550 BE (so I can unlock cores, etc) and the problem re-appeared.

    So, I just followed your procedure, and it did the trick.

    I have also re-enabled back the S-VM mode and it seems to continue to work fine. Too weird.

    (BTW, I inadvertently made the post above mine as "Propose As Answer", but I clicked on the wrong button.  I didn't mean to propose it as such. Can't figure out how to undo. Sorry ...)

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-03-11T18:23:39+00:00

    I recently had this issue and I believe the cause was plugging in a USB camera to copy photos.  Eventually, the problem went away when I switched the location of my USB keyboard and mouse.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-02-24T23:37:30+00:00

    Thats good to hear you got straightened out. I built my pc so i have to go through asus or newegg. and to Antikropp yes my memory is listed on their compatability list. I dont remmeber the exact model but its i have 2 - 2gb stick of gskill ram

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