Windows – How to update Windows 8 clock with the internet every time I boot the system

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I'd to update my Windows 8 clock with the internet every time I boot the system maybe with a script that I set to be executed at system startup (like that option in the Date and Time window in the tab Internet Time > Change settings… > Update now).

The reason is that I'm having some problems with system cloak and the answer to this question would solve it.

Note: the option Synchronize with a Internet time server is marked and the time server is time.windows.com.

I have a laptop with Ubuntu and Windows 8 in dual-boot.

Best Answer

1. Configure the windows time service to update the time more frequently.

Control Panel -> Date and Time -> Internet Time tab.

Check the box "Synchronise with an internet time server" If no server is selected choose either "time.windows.com" or "pool.ntp.org".

This will automatically set the time once per week, which should keep your computer within a few seconds of the correct time. If you are running an important server you may need to set it more often. To do that you need to edit the registry.

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\ NtpClient, and check the the value SpecialPollInterval. This is in seconds.

The default is 604800, which is the number of seconds in a week. For daily time checks, choose 86400. Unless you have very special requirements you won't need more than daily. Four hours would be every 14400.

2: Configure the system to force-update the time on boot.

To do a force-update you need to run the following as administrator (or system):

SC START w32time task_started

So to force update on boot, you need to run that command as administrator. You can do that using Task Scheduler. To do this run the following as administrator:

schtasks /CREATE /TN "Set Time On Start" /SC ONSTART /RU SYSTEM /TR "SC START w32time task_started"

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Windows – Computer clock drifts on standby. Can I make Windows synchronize time on every wakeup

You might try the following command:

w32tm /resync

Execute it on an elevated shell to re-synchronize your computer clock with the NTP server.

You might run this command from task scheduler with proper permissions. This even allows you to define an event to execute the re-synchronization on every workstation unlock.

Well, it might be better to search for the real reason why the clock is drifting that much (btw. 5 minutes is not really meaningful without knowing the time spent in stand-by).
When the machine is off or in standby then the hardware clock is taking over. When the machine resumes Windows reads the RTC value and continues (so when on, then clock is somehow a "software-clock"). If it drifts when off, it's often a sign of a drained RTC/CMOS battery. Unfortunately it depends on your laptop on how easy/difficult it is to replace it.

As a battery is usually an inexpensive device I would recommend you to try a replacement. If it still does not help I would guess an inaccurate/defective Quartz or clock generator being the cause. Unfortunately this part is typically not replaceable.

Windows – How to customize the Windows 7 clock to show full date/time

Check out this link. It sounds like what you are looking for.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/9235/change-display-under-the-system-tray-clock-in-windows-7/