The Windows clock, as you know, is located at the bottom right of the desktop and displays the date and time information when you right-click it.
If your computer is connected to the Internet, it automatically synchronizes the local computer time with the Windows time service. However, sometimes, the system clock does not show the correct time and has trouble synchronizing with the network time protocol or the NTP server.
Then you can change the time manually by clicking change date and time settings. However, keep in mind that you need administrator access to change settings.
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In addition to the Windows time service (time.windows.com), you can also use any time server maintained by NIST to get the correct date and time. To change the time server settings, click Begin button, type change time zonee in the search box and click result.
The Date and time window will pop up. Then you can see the current time zone. The default time zone is based on your IP address location. If you frequently travel from country to country, it is recommended that you use additional Windows clock settings or change the time zone by location.
go Internet timeElectronic card. Here you will see the time synchronization settings. It displays information about the last sync and when the next re-sync occurred.
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To change the current time server, click Change settings button. (In the screenshot below, the computer is set to automatically sync with time.nist.gov. I applied this setting before writing. In your computer, the current time server should be time.windows.com).
Here you can choose the server. Click the dropdown and a list of servers will appear. The time.windows.com server is the default server and is maintained by Microsoft itself. The other four servers are maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States.
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Select any one of the given time servers. All are equally recommended. Click Update now and then on ALRIGHT.
That’s it. Your Windows clock is synchronized with the NIST server. It still does the once-a-week sync as done previously by the default Windows server.
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Other ways
You can also run the Windows Time Service tool or W32tm.exe to configure Windows Time Service settings.
Open command prompt and type W32tm/? and press Enter. You will see a list of all the parameters. Then run the w32tm tool with the /resync (w32tm/resync) argument. This enables instant time synchronization, as long as the Windows Time service is running.
This method works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. We haven’t tested it on Windows 10.
You can also use Windows Registry Editor and navigate using the registry key – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet\Services \W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient.
There you can change the SpecialPollInterval entry from the default poll interval set by your operating system and make it sync every 24 hours.
Conclusion
Let us know in the comments which method works best for you. We would love to hear from you.
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