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Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
I want to change the period of time inbetween the syncronizations.
and no, i don't like doing it manually
The time sync settings are stored in the registry in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time
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To change the interval in which time is syncronized you change the "Period" value (most likely this doesn't exist yet)
Period is either a REG_DWORD or a REG_SZ value which is (for mainly Win2K):
- 65531 or "DailySpecialSkew"
=once every 45 minutes until successful one time, then once every day.
- 65532 or "SpecialSkew"
=once every 45 minutes until successful three times, then once every eight hours (three times per day) (=default value)
- 65533 or "Weekly"
=once every week (seven days)
- 65534 or "Tridaily"
=once every three days
- 65535 or "BiDaily"
=once every two days
- 0
=once per day
- any other value
=times per day. If you choose to add a value other than any of those specified above, you must use this option.
These (and other) settings can also be done by using the DOS command
w32tm (start > run > cmd) in some Windows OS's (not all OS's support all the parameters).
For detailed explaination see the word document listed on
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/how...ty/wintimeserv.asp.
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Also check if you don't have the key "Adj" or "msSkewPerDay" in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time
If, so, delete those keys and reboot and check if your time is still running too fast.
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On Windows XP the 'period' interval as listed above is defined differently than on Windows 2K. For Windows XP you need to go at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
There you'll find a key named "SpecialPollInterval". This is a REG_DWORD and specifies the interval in seconds to check for a syncronization (eg setting this to 86400 (decimal) will try to update your clock every day).
Though it is possible that the "Period" key for Win2K also works for XP, didn't tested this yet though...
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