Windows clock going out of time, sync errors

Pauly said:

Hi all, i have an issue with the clock on my machine reading the wrong time
Machine is running a newish (less than 12months) gigabyte mobo with uefi bios, i have checked the bios and the time is correct there
I am in the right time zone but every few days the clock will go a few minutes out of sync seemingly getting more out the more days pass, i have been into time and date settings and if i click update internet time the clock will go to the correct time but will display this

i have tried all servers and all give the same result, clock will go correct then over coming days will start to creep out of time a few minutes at a go

I would like to resolve this as it is an office machine networked to others running printer and storage shares and i am concerned if the time goes out it may give issues (already had some issues not sure if related to this)

Any thoughts or views gratefuly received

At the elevated command prompt (with administrator privileges), type the following command

1. Type "w32tm /debug /disable" and press 'Enter' (net stop w32time gave an Error 5 Access denied response!)

2. Type "w32tm /unregister" and press 'Enter' (without using the first command the second did not work!)

you should get the response " W32Time successfully unregistered"

3. Type "w32tm /register" and press 'Enter'

you should get the response "W32Time successfully registered"

4. Type "net start w32time" and press 'Enter'

you should get the response "The windows Time Service is starting. The windows time service was started successfully"

Elevated Command Prompt Instructions;

1. Click on the Start button and in the Search programs and files box that appears directly above the Start button, type the following:

command

Don't press Enter, just let the search results populate above.

Note: If you have trouble doing this, or the next step, you can find the Command Prompt shortcut manually by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Accessories on most computers. Then skip to Step 3 below.

2. In the search results, locate the Programs section.

Under Programs you'll see one or more programs listed that contain the word command.
3. Locate the Command Prompt shortcut and right-click on it.

This will bring up Command Prompt's right-click menu. Depending on the software you have installed, and how you have certain Windows 7 settings configured, you could have as few as a dozen, or as many as a few dozen, options.

4. Click on Run as administrator.
5. Click Yes on the User Account Control window that appears.

HTH

Pauly said:

2nd command gives access denied error


tried the others anyway and gives


have tried updating clock and works fine now :)
what do you think already unregistered somehow ???

anyway many thanks for your help hopefully problem resolved

I have no idea why unpredictable things happen with Windows, but I hope the fix provides a permanent solution.

andrew129260 said:

Pauly said:

2nd command gives access denied error

I have a feeling you did not run a elevated command prompt. Right click cmd run as administrator.

Both of those screenshots show it was run elevated.

Pauly said:

2nd command gives access denied error


tried the others anyway and gives


have tried updating clock and works fine now :)
what do you think already unregistered somehow ???

anyway many thanks for your help hopefully problem resolved

andrew129260 said:

Oops.

thanks derekimo

You're welcome. :)