Ran RC just great then when the update came down for testing activation it will not see a network connection will not activate all kinds of things are messed up due to timming out. What I have noticed is the clock on the toolbar tics off a minute about every 1.5 seconds runs the clock up two hours ahead of real time then jumps back to the real time and counts up again. With the clock running fast there is no way to get the network up cause it times out no way to activate cause it times out and soforth. I did do two more clean installs and as soon as the update goes in it starts the same process over again. Any solutions or others with the same problem?

JT - First off, did the clock work properly under another OS prior to installing Win 7? Are you dual/multibooting into another OS and if so, do you see this behavior if you boot into the other OS?I've seen something like this once before... It was, however, on a box with XP. It would reset the clock/calendar to Jan 1st, 1999 @ 12:00 am- and then the clock would warp wildly up toward the present. At some point, it would go back to Jan 1st,1999at 12:00 am and startover.Turned out to be a dead battery on the motherboard. Might want to check the battery on the mobo.

egads - You'd think not... BUT... Funny thing about it all - once I replaced the battery - all was good (for a while)... The motherboard finally gave up the proverbial ghost about 6 months or so later. It was getting kinda old - just about 5 years - when it heaved it's last BSOD.

Yes the system runs fine with XP Pro. The only thing different I am doing is using a different HD to run Win 7. The date stays the same as the clock speeds forward. like I said it only goes past current time about two hours then resets to current time then speeds forward again. I doubt the battery is dead, as the Mobo is two months old. (Ausus) However I will check it. I thought it may have been some other program or driver I had installed but with a clean install it still happens. Thank you for your reply

Safe mode still produced the same result. Powered down unplugged the XP HD plugged up the Windows 7 HD booted to bios to verify that time kept after power off restarted went to safe mode and the clock still runs fast. Might have to unplug from the network do a fresh install and try to block that particular update. Just thought there might have been others with this issue. If it helps its an Asus M3A78 Mpbo, Phenom 9600+ black edition, 4gb OCZ reaper Ram WD SATA hdd's Good idea though thank you.

jt1292,Have you updated the BIOS in that motherboard? There are 12 versions, the latest being from 5/26.

Yes the Bios is the latest version.