Guest machine System clock slow - time is slow

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strys
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Primary OS: MS Windows XP
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Guest machine System clock slow - time is slow

Post by strys »

Hi,

I run quite a few VB installations on different machines, all of them on Windows Host machines and never have any problems except on 1 specific machine, which makes me wonder if its hardware/bios related.

Guest machine will loose time, quite rapidly, like 5mins every hour.

Guest: Windows XP with latest Guest additions installed.
Host: Have tried both Windows XP and now upgraded to Windows 7 on this same machine/hardware.
VB version: Currently running 3.0.8, but experienced the same problem with earlier versions on this same machine.

It is just really weird, it's as if it's not just the actual time, but even a couple of applications that run on the guest that is reliant on time, seems funky...

Would really appreciate some help/ideas.

Thanks!
Perryg
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Re: Guest machine System clock slow - time is slow

Post by Perryg »

Look at your other post on this as I have asked you a question there.

Locking this post, please don't ask the same question in multiple posts.

Continue here http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22989
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