Questions tagged [timedrift]

for questions related to Time Drift, or Clock Drift (a phenomena where a clock does not run at exactly the same rate as a reference clock)

Time drift, or clock drift, refers to several related phenomena where a clock does not run at exactly the same rate as a reference clock. That is, after some time the clock "drifts apart" or gradually de-synchronizes from the other clock.

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_drift

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VirtualBox running just a tad too slow

Summary: we are running an internet radio station in VirtualBox and we have the problem that the VM is running just marginally slower than real time, causing the audio playback to start stuttering after some time because the stream buffers are…
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System time synchronized with the hardware clock

From the last 2 months, we are facing below issue on our Windows 2016 server every 10 days. Server time is going back by 1 hour with the below message in eventvwr. The system time has changed to ‎2023‎-‎12‎-‎27T07:34:29.500000000Z from…
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Check CMOS voltage from inside OS

I was recently diagnosing a time drift issue for a client located in a different city. Their workstations were having issues accessing the Windows 2019 server due to this drift. Based on the age of the device, my initial instinct was a dying CMOS…