NTP Client Shows Incorrect Time on Windows 10 [Tutorial]
38NTP Client Shows Incorrect Time on Windows 10 [Tutorial]
Your PC's clock is used to record the time whenever you create or modify files on your PC. You can change the clock's time and time zone.
In today’s post, we will identify the cause when SpecialPollInterval is used as a polling interval, the Windows Time Service shows incorrect time if the service gets into Spike state – and then provide the possible mitigation for the issue in Windows 10 NTP client.
Although Windows 10 is an amazing operating system, there are still some minors issues that can appear once in a while.
One issue reported by the users is that clock is wrong on their Windows 10 PC, and although this isn’t a big problem, it can certainly be an inconvenience, so let’s see how to fix it.
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a client/server application. Each workstation, router, or server must be equipped with NTP client software to synchronize its clock to the network time server. In most cases, the client software is already resident in the operating system of each device.
A typical NTP client regularly polls one or more NTP servers.
You can synchronize your PC's clock with an Internet time server. This means that the clock on your PC is updated to match the clock on the time server, which can help ensure that the clock's time on your PC is accurate. Your clock is typically automatically updated once a week and needs to be connected to the Internet for the synchronization to occur.
This tutorial will show you how to change the Internet time server (NTP server) used to synchronize your clock in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).