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October 15, 2014 3:59:38 PM

This is probably the noobiest question ever but i cant figure out how to get my clock to stop changing itself. I have the correct time zone but when i turn on the system it is always different. A sync will always correct the time but i don;t want to do that every time. Btw i tried turning off internet time and it still didn't work

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a b * Windows 8
October 15, 2014 4:09:03 PM

wtf is a power bsr?
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October 15, 2014 4:13:45 PM

I'm gonna guess power bar.
Unless the CMOS battery on your motherboard is dead, shutting down the PC and shutting down your power bar / surge protector would not affect your clock.
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October 15, 2014 4:13:59 PM

i7Baby said:
wtf is a power bsr?
Srry power bar.

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October 15, 2014 4:20:26 PM

Essdub8 said:
I'm gonna guess power bar.
Unless the CMOS battery on your motherboard is dead, shutting down the PC and shutting down your power bar / surge protector would not affect your clock.
I don't think its dead i only build the PC about 4 months ago. Is there anyway to find out if its dead?

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a b * Windows 8
October 15, 2014 4:32:27 PM

the windows time service can find a time server that has the incorrect time set and set your time to that time and then shutdown
I would think that you could go and configure the time service to be disabled so that it never tries to sync the time from some other machine.

you can start cmd.exe as an admin
and use w32tm.exe /? for help
w32tm.exe /tz (will display the current time zone settings)

there is a debug function to make the service log what it actually does. I would think this could help you to figure where it is getting the time setting.
(I don't know where it gets it, router, cable modem, cable provider? other computers on the same network?)
just googled it: looks like it uses a Network Time Protocol by listening to a particular port
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol

I looked in the registry to see where my system is getting its time setting. I am at home with no domain controller or other powered on machines.
regedit32.exe
\hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\services\w32time\parameters
there is a entry for NtpServer and my system is set to
time.windows.com

I guess it is where I get my time set from.
I did a trace route on the time server
tracert.exe time.windows.com
I am not getting a response. I guess this might be a common problem, lots of people change the time server to another provider.

I looked up how to change my time source:
here is info and links:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262680
here is info on some server pools you can use:
https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers

http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html
the last link shows the command you would enter on windows to change the time source from the default.

w32tm.exe /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:0.pool.ntp.org,1.pool.ntp.org,2.pool.ntp.org,3.pool.ntp.org
(guess the default location is often under attack)



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