System clock drifting by hours or days rapidly

Question

My Windows 10 system clock is going completely haywire, jumping forward by hours or even days at a time without me touching anything, and it happens repeatedly throughout the day. I've already tried forcing a resync with time servers and replacing the CMOS battery, but the issue keeps coming back, so I'm wondering if there's a deeper problem with my motherboard or a background process messing with the time settings.

skylarun · Answer

Some software can do that.

kiranvix · Answer

Use Task Manager or Process Explorer to identify any suspicious or unknown processes that might be affecting system settings.

harlowao · Answer

Review installed programs for any suspicious or unknown software that might affect system settings.

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System clock drifting by hours or days rapidly

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