Time Synchronization - Turn On or Off in Windows 8

How to Turn On or Off Internet Time Synchronization in Windows 8 and 8.1


information   Information
When you synchronize the system clock in Windows with an internet time server, your PC's time is automatically updated to match the clock on the time server to help ensure that it is accurate. Your system clock is automatically updated every 7 days by default, and needs to be connected to the Internet for the synchronization to occur.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off to synchronize your PC with an Internet time server to set the time automatically in Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, and Windows RT 8.1.

You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial.

Note   Note
Internet time synchronization uses the Windows Time (W32Time) service.





OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Time Synchronization in PC settings


NOTE: This option is only available in Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1.
1. Open PC settings, and click/tap on Time and language on the left side. (see screenshot below)​
Time_Sync-1.jpg

2. Click/tap on Date and time on the left side of "Time and language", and do step 3 or 4 below for what you would like to do. (see screenshot below)​
Time_Sync-2.jpg

3. To Turn On Internet Time Synchronization
NOTE: This is the default setting.​
A) On the right side under Date and time, move the Set time automatically slider to the right to turn it on, and go to step 5 below. (see screenshot below step 2)​

4. To Turn Off Internet Time Synchronization
A) On the right side under Date and time, move the Set time automatically slider to the left to turn it off, and go to step 5 below. (see screenshot below step 2)​

5. When finished, you can close PC settings if you like.​







OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off Time Synchronization in Date and Time CP


1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), click/tap on the Date and Time icon, and close Control Panel.​
2. Click/tap on the Internet Time tab, and click/tap on the Change settings button. (see screenshot below)​
Time_Sync-3.jpg

3. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes.​
4. Do step 5 or 6 below for what you would like to do.​
5. To Turn On Internet Time Synchronization
NOTE: This is the default setting.​
A) Check the Synchronize with an Internet time server box, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshots below step 6)​

6. To Turn Off Internet Time Synchronization
A) Uncheck the Synchronize with an Internet time server box, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshots below)​
Time_Sync-4.jpg

7. Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 2)​






OPTION THREE

Turn On or Off Time Synchronization using a REG File


1. Do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do.​
2. To Turn On Internet Time Synchronization
NOTE: This is the default setting.​
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.​
Turn_On_Time_Synchronization.reg
download


3. To Turn Off Internet Time Synchronization
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.​
Turn_Off_Time_Synchronization.reg
download

4. Save the .reg file to your Desktop.​
5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.​
6. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.​
7. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.​




That's it,
Shawn


 

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I'm probably at least a couple of hours or so north of you, but that's ok.

I don't blame you with a multi-boot. I'm still guessing McAfee may be blocking it. Do you have it installed on all OS installation?
 

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time sync ..

yes, aol and aol version of mcafee on all 3 installs .. I have not done the turn off thee sync box on the ianstalls yet .. I was going to print the reinstall win 8 bit of yours and the printer wouldn't turned out that one of the usb ports is dead .. so I am back to basics again ... Will be in touch after I do the next promised test ... tnx ... J
 

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time sync..

ok I turned off the auto sync in all 3 installs and tried the sync on win 8.1 and no soap .. I previously mentioned that I totally uninstalled the mcafee and that did not help .. also I connected with a simple dial up modem with the cable modem disconnected and tried to sync .. that di not work is it possible that here is acommunication problem between the bios and the os.. the bios is a common base for all os .. I upgraded the bios a few months ago and I can't honestly say the last time I looked at the sync function and recognized it as working . .. But, I am sure that it previously rmember that it did work but not when .. I am not sure it has worked since I installed win 8 . I bot the disk for win 8 and installed it may 2013 and added win 8.1 and media center on april 2014 that was the time I started to use win 8 regularly .. I gradually got the start menu and other features pretty close to win 7 and have not used win 7 very much since then .. I did have couple programs that I used in win 7 but have gotten work arounds , so I could dump the win 7 os's ..But since they are not eating any hay . I keep them for spare tires .. Where is Einstein when you need him .. Remember whebn I was working for a living .. we would get these unsolvable rpoblems in the plant and some bur headed techie would come in and say did you try x on x off .. again thanks for your hand ,, john
 

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Ok. Try one of the default time servers. The time.nist.gov server works good for me, and I'm from the same location as you. You may need to click on the Update now button more than once if it doesn't sync the first time.

Time_Sync.jpg

When I try the tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi server like in your screenshot, I get the same error.
 
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time symc

I tried it about 10 times on the win8.1 os usig the nist.gov site .. most times I GOT THE TIMED OUT NOTICE AND ONCE I GOT THE PEER IS UNREACHABLE .. time.windows produced the timed out note ..

Another clsed door tested ..

I have a power problem so I will be tied up for a bit .. I will think on the thing while I muck with the new stuff.. tnx John
 

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Hi,

I'm getting the exact same problem as jee1804. It was a win8 machine now upgraded to win10 (same problem). A separate win7 laptop on the same LAN has the same problem. Two Linux machines on the same LAN can use ntp just fine. The win7 laptop used to work with a previous low latency ISP. The problem seems to be related to the windows 7 onwards time service on a very high latency satellite internet ISP. Edit: Booted an old XP machine that used internet time just fine for a decade. On a high latency satellite internet ISP it now fails to get internet time.

  • Using the "Atomic Clock Sync 3.5" "Sync Now" button works as it probably bypasses the windows time service.
  • Using the "Atomic Clock Sync 3.5" "Sync Time" button fails as it uses the windows time service.
  • Using "Windows Time Agent from Greyware Automation Products" (GUI for windows time service) times out almost instantly on all time servers much before a roundtrip on a high latency satellite internet connection could possibly complete.
  • jee1804 reproduced the timeout problem on a high latency dialup connection
  • Using cmdtime3.exe a command line ntp client works as it bypasses the windows time service.
The windows time service debug log file (easily viewed with Windows Time Agent) shows very little delay between sending a packet and declaring there is no response. How can we configure this timeout value?
Code:
151511 03:15:50.3714794s - PeerPollingThread: WaitTimeout
151511 03:15:50.3715735s - PeerPollingThread: waiting 0.004s
151511 03:15:50.3871144s - PeerPollingThread: WaitTimeout
151511 03:15:50.3872475s - Polling peer time.windows.com,0x9 (ntp.m|0x9|0.0.0.0:123->23.101.187.68:123)
151511 03:15:50.3873187s - Sending packet to time.windows.com,0x9 (ntp.m|0x9|0.0.0.0:123->23.101.187.68:123) in Win2K detect mode, stage 1.
151511 03:15:50.3876047s - PollIntervalChange(time.windows.com,0x9 (ntp.m|0x9|0.0.0.0:123->23.101.187.68:123)): adjust: (--) -> 7
151511 03:15:50.3878377s - No response from peer time.windows.com,0x9 (ntp.m|0x9|0.0.0.0:123->23.101.187.68:123).
151511 03:15:50.3879161s - 5 Age:5 Ofs:+00.0000000s Dly:+00.0000000s RDly:+00.0000000s Dsp:16.0000000s RDsp:00.0000000s Pnt:00.0001664s Dst:16.0001664s FDsp:08.0000000s
151511 03:15:50.3880102s - 4 Age:4 Ofs:+00.0000000s Dly:+00.0000000s RDly:+00.0000000s Dsp:16.0000000s RDsp:00.0000000s Pnt:00.0001664s Dst:16.0001664s FDsp:12.0000000s
151511 03:15:50.3881013s - 3 Age:3 Ofs:+00.0000000s Dly:+00.0000000s RDly:+00.0000000s Dsp:16.0000000s RDsp:00.0000000s Pnt:00.0001664s Dst:16.0001664s FDsp:14.0000000s
151511 03:15:50.3881928s - 2 Age:2 Ofs:+00.0000000s Dly:+00.0000000s RDly:+00.0000000s Dsp:16.0000000s RDsp:00.0000000s Pnt:00.0001664s Dst:16.0001664s FDsp:15.0000000s
151511 03:15:50.3882839s - 1 Age:1 Ofs:+00.0000000s Dly:+00.0000000s RDly:+00.0000000s Dsp:16.0000000s RDsp:00.0000000s Pnt:00.0001664s Dst:16.0001664s FDsp:15.5000000s
151511 03:15:50.3883763s - 0 Age:0 Ofs:+00.0000000s Dly:+00.0000000s RDly:+00.0000000s Dsp:16.0000000s RDsp:00.0000000s Pnt:00.0000000s Dst:16.0000000s FDsp:15.7500000s
151511 03:15:50.3884733s - Logging information: NtpClient has not received response from server time.windows.com,0x9 (ntp.m|0x9|0.0.0.0:123->23.101.187.68:123).
151511 03:15:50.3885233s - Peer poll: Max:604800.0000000s (special) Cur:00.0000000s
151511 03:15:50.3885894s - PeerPollingThread: waiting 604800.000s
151511 03:16:04.8721438s - W32TmServiceMain: timeout
Workaround: Disable the windows time service and schedule a task to run cmdtime3.exe periodically.
 
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