Time Sync Question

[Knightmare]

I've been trying to sync my time on a certain schedule for a long time now. I don't know why it took me so long, but I just learned how to change the time sync in task scheduler. In doing more research--just to make sure that I understood--I became more confused. According to this site, I'm supposed to create another task to "Actually Synchronize Time." When I look at my settings, they are exactly the same as the new task that they want me to create, except for the w32tm.exe /resync action. Can't I just add this action to the schedule that is there by default? What exactly does this action do?

[Togijak]

I can't answer your question with quality information but a way to sync time easy is to use http://www.timesynctool.com/

[neofita]

I do it this way:

open Regedit

find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient\SpecialPollInterval

change decimal value in seconds to your desired sync value interval (f.e. 3600 = 1 hour)

close regedit and restart W32Time service

done

[straycat19]

On 10/12/2016 at 0:13 AM, Knightmare said:

I've been trying to sync my time on a certain schedule for a long time now. I don't know why it took me so long, but I just learned how to change the time sync in task scheduler. In doing more research--just to make sure that I understood--I became more confused. According to this site, I'm supposed to create another task to "Actually Synchronize Time." When I look at my settings, they are exactly the same as the new task that they want me to create, except for the w32tm.exe /resync action. Can't I just add this action to the schedule that is there by default? What exactly does this action do?

 

This uses Regedit and works in Windows 7, 8.1 and 10.

 

1
Open Internet Time Synchronization. To do this, open Date and Time Settings. You can do this either through the Control Panel, or by clicking on the time on the taskbar, then clicking "Change date and time settings..." then clicking the "Internet Time" tab.
Verify the computer is set to synchronize automatically.
2
Open the Registry Editor. There are several ways of doing this, choose the most convenient for you. If you get a User Account Control dialog, click Yes.
Press the Windows logo key and R. This will open the Run dialog. Then type regedit and click OK.
Alternatively, open the Start Menu and type "regedit" in the search box. Click the regedit program to open.
3
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient. Just click the arrows next to the folder icons to navigate to the correct directories. You may have to scroll a bit when you reach the SYSTEM key.
4
Right click on the SpecialPollInterval key, then click Modify.
5
Convert your desired time to seconds. You can quickly do this using Google or a website like Easysurf.
6
Click Decimal. Then, enter your interval in seconds (without commas), and click OK.
7
Close the Registry Editor.
8
Open Date and Time Settings. Click Internet Time, click Change Settings, then Update Now. This will immediately synchronize your clock. Click OK to close the dialog.
9
Confirm your new synchronization interval works. If it does, the next synchronization time should be exactly one interval away from the time you synchronized.

[Knightmare]

I'm not a huge fan of playing in the registry.

[Knightmare]

Work with me here: According to the site that I quoted, you have to create a scheduled task, which is exactly like the original created by Windows, BUT you create a new action. My question is, why can't we just create the new action in the current task?