Clock Just Started To Pick Up Speed


  1. Posts : 172
    win 7
       #1

    Clock Just Started To Pick Up Speed


    My desktop's computer clock just decided today that it wanted to start running faster.
    I've sync'd it several times but it keeps picking up about 1 minute per hour.
    Any ideas on how to stop this?
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  2. Posts : 9,746
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit sp1
       #2

    Probably a silly suggestion, but have you got your location set correctly.
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  3. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #3
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  4. Posts : 172
    win 7
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Yes. The location/time are correct.
    The motherboard battery is recent.

    I searched some other sites and found that uninstalling the most recent Flash update, then changing the time/location to another setting, then resetting it correctly, then reinstalling flash seems to work for others. I tried that last night and it seemed to work. This is really strange.

    Thanks for your input.
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  5. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #5

    Wow. That is a new one. Thanks for sharing the solution.
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  6. Posts : 172
    win 7
    Thread Starter
       #6

    I left my computer on all night (after doing the Flash replacement) and the time was fine this morning. I had no applications running. I thought the problem was solved.

    Then this morning I opened some programs I normally leave open all day, came back in one hour and the clock was 4 minutes fast again! The latest software change prior to the flash update was to update AOL Desktop from 9.7 to 9.8 so now I'm rolling that back to 9.7 to see if that may be the culprit.
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  7. Posts : 172
    win 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    After reverting back to AOL Desktop 9.7 (from 9.8 released along with WIN 10) my WIN 7 clock has now stabilized with all my normal software open, including AOL. Interesting.
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  8. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
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    I did not know that AOL was still making software.

    ...and apparently, not very well
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  9. Posts : 172
    win 7
    Thread Starter
       #9

    UsernameIssues said:
    I did not know that AOL was still making software.

    ...and apparently, not very well
    They have maintained their Desktop software and if you do use AOL mail or visit their site (I know many don't anymore) going in through their software is by far superior to going in through a browser window. Just can't recommend newest version 9.8 from my recent experience. Sticking with 9.7 on WIN 7. Now maybe it works OK with WIN 10, but I'll wait for feedback from others on that.
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