Windows 2000 System time keeps going back 1 day

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Trevor

I have a Windows 2000 server (it's not on a domain) whose system clock
periodically goes back by one day. It's started happening more
frequently, and is becoming a real problem.

We have a freeware program that's supposed to synchronize it with one
of the online time servers on a daily basis, but it won't let you
control what time of day it does it, and it doesn't do it early enough
in the day to avoid problems with some scheduled processes that we
have.

I tried turning on the Windows Time service, but it gives an error
saying the time is more than 12 hours out of sync and won't adjust it.
I tried putting a new setting in the registry to increase the amount
of time out of sync it will allow, from information at microsoft.com,
but it didn't work.

I tried a couple other freeware programs that will allow you to sync
the time automatically as often as you want (I was going to set it to
5 minutes), but they only change the time, and not the date.

Is there anything else I can try? I wish I knew what was causing it!

Thanks,
Trevor
 
Is it 24 hours exact or just something approximate? If the former it may be
settings and or the chosen time server. If the latter it is probably bad
hardware.



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"Trevor" wrote:
>I have a Windows 2000 server (it's not on a domain) whose system clock
> periodically goes back by one day. It's started happening more
> frequently, and is becoming a real problem.
>
> We have a freeware program that's supposed to synchronize it with one
> of the online time servers on a daily basis, but it won't let you
> control what time of day it does it, and it doesn't do it early enough
> in the day to avoid problems with some scheduled processes that we
> have.
>
> I tried turning on the Windows Time service, but it gives an error
> saying the time is more than 12 hours out of sync and won't adjust it.
> I tried putting a new setting in the registry to increase the amount
> of time out of sync it will allow, from information at microsoft.com,
> but it didn't work.
>
> I tried a couple other freeware programs that will allow you to sync
> the time automatically as often as you want (I was going to set it to
> 5 minutes), but they only change the time, and not the date.
>
> Is there anything else I can try? I wish I knew what was causing it!
>
> Thanks,
> Trevor
 
It seems to be 24 hours exactly, as if it's actually the date that's
getting changed and not the time.

When you say the settings, are you talking about something in Windows
or in the time sync program? We've been using Atomic Clock Sync from
worldtimeserver.com. Maybe I should just disable it for a while and
see if it still happens...

Thanks,
Trevor

On Mar 5, 7:31 pm, "Dave Patrick" <DSPatr...@nospam.gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it 24 hours exact or just something approximate? If the former it may be
> settings and or the chosen time server. If the latter it is probably bad
> hardware.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Trevor" wrote:
> >I have a Windows 2000 server (it's not on a domain) whose system clock
> > periodically goes back by one day. It's started happening more
> > frequently, and is becoming a real problem.
>
> > We have a freeware program that's supposed to synchronize it with one
> > of the online time servers on a daily basis, but it won't let you
> > control what time of day it does it, and it doesn't do it early enough
> > in the day to avoid problems with some scheduled processes that we
> > have.
>
> > I tried turning on the Windows Time service, but it gives an error
> > saying the time is more than 12 hours out of sync and won't adjust it.
> > I tried putting a new setting in the registry to increase the amount
> > of time out of sync it will allow, from information at microsoft.com,
> > but it didn't work.
>
> > I tried a couple other freeware programs that will allow you to sync
> > the time automatically as often as you want (I was going to set it to
> > 5 minutes), but they only change the time, and not the date.
>
> > Is there anything else I can try? I wish I knew what was causing it!
>
> > Thanks,
> > Trevor
 
Yes, one or the other.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Trevor" wrote:
<snip>
> When you say the settings, are you talking about something in Windows
> or in the time sync program? We've been using Atomic Clock Sync from
> worldtimeserver.com.
<snip>
 
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