Windows clock is slow and irregular...

[alizee]

So I've started noticing that the clock on my "new" computer has been slow. It's a media center, so the clock is actually really important to record my stories 🙁

But, it's kind of weird. When I watch the seconds on the clock, some are agonizingly slow and others are exceptionally quick (more slow than quick). When I boot into BIOS and watch that clock, it seems all is well and it works perfectly, so it doesn't seem like an issue with the battery, although I haven't tried a new battery.

I imagine it's software, but I don't know what. I upgraded and reinstalled Vista 64 about three weeks ago, and I don't have much third party software at all because it's our media center.

If anybody can think of anything, I'd be grateful. Thanks.

System specs:
Phenom II X4 810
Asus M3N72-D nForce 750a motherboard (integrated graphics)
4x1GB DDR2-533 (older reused RAM, could the slower RAM be causing the issue?)
MSI TV Wonder 650 Pro
320GB WD Caviar
1TB WD Green Power
Lite-on DVD-RW

Third party software:
Firefox
Avira Free edition
Simplify Media
Sims 2 (for the girlfriend)
Daemon tools (for Sims)
MyMovies
MyNetflix
iTunes/Quicktime/Airport Disk Utility
AnyDVD
VLC

 

[Ausm]

If you right click on the clock and hit adjust date and time there is a tab that say internet. Hit that tab and check the box which sycronizes you clock with the internet. This should be on by default so monitor it to make sure you don't have another program turning this feature off.

 

[mpilchfamily]

Whatever the Bios clock says is what windows is displaying. In turn windows goes online to verify the time and date and then updates the bios clock as needed.

 

[p1tin]

I am seeing the same problem with XP 64 installed on AsusM3A78-EM board. Once my system is completely shutdown and restarted after few hours or days..the XP clock shows incorrect date, year, time.
BIOS seems to be correct.
Also..I went through the asus downloads page for my mobo and saw there are about 6 BIOS updates after I bought this mobo last year Nov. Some BIOS updates states that fixes has been done for incorrect BIOS time.
My point: This could be mobo BIOS problem too.. just check for mobo BIOS updates in Asus site.
It could be of help.

 

[pcgeek11]

You can also just update more often automatically:

Adjust Interval

The time interval of the update is set at 7 days. This can be changed in the registry:

1.Start the Registry Editor
2.Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ W32Time \ TimeProviders \ NtpClient \
3.Double-click the SpecialPollInterval value, and change the Base of the Value data to Decimal
4.Now change the Value data to the time interval you desire, noting that the time is given in seconds (so for 1 day the value would be 86400, while the default (7 days) is 604800
5.Close the registry editor

Now it will update everyday, or you can change it to suit your needs.

pcgeek11