Windows Clock Problem

[southpawz505]

If anyone can help me with this issue please let me know. My friend has a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ110 laptop, and he's having some issues with his windows clock. He'll set it, and the time will remain accurate for about an hour or two, and then the hour suddenly goes back 2 hours, or an hour, depending on how it feels. The minutes remain accurate though. He had XP and it was doing this, and recently upgraded to Vista and it's still doing it.

I've tried resetting his motherboard BIOS to its defaults but it does nothing. What I have noticed is that even when I set the motherboard clock, that too will be off when I go back into it after it fucks up. I'm thinking it's the mobo battery, but the laptop's only a year old, so I can't see how it went dead so fast. I've also heard that this issue occurs when APM is enabled, but there's no option to disable/enable it in the BIOS...it doesn't even say it.

Is it a virus, or the effect of some program? Any help would be appreciated. We are on a college campus btw, so the internet time function doesn't function since we're firewalled.

The time zone is accurate, and the computer is up to date.

[sr71000]

Check the windows time zone settings! Also, make sure you have the latest updates (due to some changes to when daylights savings time is applied).

[ShuckyD]

sorta sounds like some strand of virii

try running stuff like SpyBotSD and then run HiJack this and post back the log file here, it sounds like a fishy process...

[southpawz505]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShuckyD

sorta sounds like some strand of virii

try running stuff like SpyBotSD and then run HiJack this and post back the log file here, it sounds like a fishy process...

here ya go

Quote:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA)
Scan saved at 11:19:38 PM, on 3/27/2007
Platform: Windows Vista (WinNT 6.00.1904)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuSchd2.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\ISB Utility\ISBMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\McAfee\Common Framework\UdaterUI.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Power Management\SPMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Apoint\Apoint.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe
C:\Program Files\McAfee\Common Framework\McTray.exe
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\unsecapp.exe
C:\Program Files\Apoint\Apntex.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe
C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\HiJackThis_v2.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://aimtoday.aim.com/today/aimtoday.adp
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.sony.com/vaiopeople
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_10\bin\ssv.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Biomenu] "C:\Program Files\Protector Suite QL\menusw.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EOUApp] "C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EOUWiz.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IntelZeroConfig] "C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\bin\ZCfgSvc.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ISBMgr.exe] C:\Program Files\Sony\ISB Utility\ISBMgr.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [McAfeeUpdaterUI] "C:\Program Files\McAfee\Common Framework\UdaterUI.exe" /StartedFromRunKey
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SonyPowerCfg] C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Power Management\SPMgr.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Switcher.exe] C:\Program Files\Sony\Wireless Switch Setting Utility\Switcher.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VAIO Recovery] C:\WINDOWS\Sonysys\VAIO Recovery\PartSeal.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VAIOCameraUtility] "C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Camera Utility\VCUServe.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Apoint] C:\Program Files\Apoint\Apoint.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\Windows\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\Windows\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Sidebar] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Aim6] "C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe" /d locale=en-US ee://aol/imApp
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_10\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_10\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O16 - DPF: {5F8469B4-B055-49DD-83F7-62B522420ECC} (Facebook Photo Uploader Control) - http://upload.facebook.com/controls/...toUploader.cab
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\Windows\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Event Log (EvtEng) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe
O23 - Service: HP Port Resolver - Hewlett-Packard Company - C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\HPBPRO. EXE
O23 - Service: HP Status Server - Hewlett-Packard Company - C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\HPBOID. EXE
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Framework Service (McAfeeFramework) - McAfee, Inc. - C:\Program Files\McAfee\Common Framework\FrameworkService.exe
O23 - Service: MSCSPTISRV - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\AVLib\MSCSPTISRV.exe
O23 - Service: PACSPTISVR - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\AVLib\PACSPTISVR.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Registry Service (RegSrvc) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\RegSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Service (S24EventMonitor) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe
O23 - Service: Sony SPTI Service (SPTISRV) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\AVLib\SPTISRV.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Entertainment TV Device Arbitration Service - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VzCs\VzHardwareResourceManager\VzHardware ResourceManager.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Event Service - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Event Service\VESMgr.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Media Integrated Server (VAIOMediaPlatform-IntegratedServer-AppServer) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Media Integrated Server\VMISrv.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Media Integrated Server (HTTP) (VAIOMediaPlatform-IntegratedServer-HTTP) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Media Integrated Server\Platform\SV_Httpd.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Media Integrated Server (UPnP) (VAIOMediaPlatform-IntegratedServer-UPnP) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Media Integrated Server\Platform\UPnPFramework.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Media Gateway Server (VAIOMediaPlatform-Mobile-Gateway) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Media Integrated Server\Platform\VmGateway.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Entertainment UPnP Client Adapter (Vcsw) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VCSW\VCSW.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Entertainment Database Service (VzCdbSvc) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VzCdb\VzCdbSvc.exe
O23 - Service: VAIO Entertainment File Import Service (VzFw) - Sony Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sony Shared\VAIO Entertainment Platform\VzCdb\VzFw.exe
O24 - Desktop Component 0: (no name) - http://66.90.73.205/ox/jessica1091280x960.jpg

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[kenboyles72]

Nothing bad that I can see. Try this, right-click on the clock in taskbar > Adjust Time and Date > click "Time Zone" tab and uncheck "Automatically adjust clock for Daylight Saving Time".

[zepper]

Programs that use lots of interrupts can get the OS and RTC out of sync. Some fancy screen savers have been known to do that. Or it can be set to the wrong time zone and it resets to some network time if online. Or it could be a combination of that and not being updated for the new Daylight Savings time. Patches for most versions of Windows are on the M$ site.

.bh.

[ruleofnike69]

There is an update for the time zone thing in Windows update .........custom.......software.

[southpawz505]

Like I said, the time zone is set right. It doesn't sync with internet time because the campus firewall prevents it from doing so. I had him disconnect from the internet for a few hours and it still did it, so it's not setting itself to any sort of network time.

He's also not running any fancy screen savers. The most elaborate program he runs is MS Word. I ran spybotsd, adaware, and hijack, and they haven't done anything. I'm starting to think the CMOS battery is fucked up.

[ruleofnike69]

I didn't say that The time zone was incorrectly set..........I said........there is an update at Microsoft for the time zone controller in XP.
Information on time loss on the computers system clock in the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system.



Follow this procedure to troubleshoot time loss on the computers system clock in the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system.

1. Reset the BIOS defaults of the computer.
2. Set the correct time in the operating system.
3. Turn off the computer. NOTE: Leave the computer off for at least 10 minutes.
4. Turn on the computer.
5. Check the system time. NOTE: If the system time is incorrect the CMOS battery may need to be replaced.

I went to Sony support........I noticed two things.........the bios is due for an update.
and Sony has a recall on some of the batteries from that model run........You may want to check on that........I'm talking about the one that powers up the laptop.......its unrealated......but something to take note of.........the batteries are causing overheating problems.....which may account for a bad cmos battery.