The clock that underpins much of the internet’s trust and coordination is quietly counting down: the Network Time Protocol (NTP) era rollover — commonly called Y2036 — will arrive on February 7, 2036 at 06:28:16 UTC, and it exposes a real, practical risk to poorly maintained or simplified time...
Windows 11 makes keeping your system clock accurate easy: enable a single toggle in Settings and Windows will sync with internet time servers, automatically handle daylight‑saving adjustments, and—when necessary—let you force an immediate sync or change the time zone manually. The short how‑to...
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Microsoft's incremental dismantling of the classic Control Panel continued this week with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928, as Microsoft moves several legacy time, language and regional controls into the modern Settings app — a small but meaningful step in a migration that has quietly...
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Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928 to the Canary Channel on August 20, 2025, and the flight is a concise but telling example of what the Canary track is for: low-latency platform experiments, targeted rollouts, and rapid iterations that can both surface neat usability...
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In today’s fast-paced digital world, even the smallest misalignment—like an incorrect clock—can throw off your schedule, security updates, and even your favorite productivity apps. Getting your Windows time, date, and time zone correct isn’t just about having an accurate clock on your desktop...
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Have you ever wondered if your computer’s clock might, on occasion, have a mind of its own? Recent reports from WindowsReport.com have revealed a bizarre Windows 11 glitch – the system clock appears to be running faster than real time. In this article, we’ll delve into the details of this...
Time is a tricky business in the digital age. Whether you're tracking the progress of networked devices or ensuring proper timestamps for logging events, having the correct time can make or break your day. Enter the Network Time Protocol (NTP), the unsung hero of time synchronization. If you're...
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There are some guides available on how to NTP timesync a Windows system immediately after bootup.
Read: on how to connect to Internet NTP-Time servers and synchronize local computer time with timezone time.
But what if no internet connection is available at this (boot) time yet?
So what I need...
Dear all, I'm configuring my domain controller (Windows Server 2012 R2) to be synchronized with pool.ntp.org but the w32time source still remain Local CMOS Clock.
- The PDC is a VM (VMware 6.0) and there is only this DC in the domain.
- I tried to use VM client to sync with NTP server and it is...
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Original release date: January 17, 2014 | Last revised: March 07, 2014
Systems Affected
Certain UDP protocols have been identified as potential attack vectors:
DNS
NTP
SNMPv2
NetBIOS
SSDP
CharGEN
QOTD
BitTorrent
Kad
Quake Network Protocol
Steam Protocol
Overview
A Distributed Reflective...
Original release date: January 13, 2014 | Last revised: February 05, 2014
Systems Affected
NTP servers
Overview
A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Amplification attack is an emerging form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) that relies on the use of publically accessible NTP servers to...
Win7 is able to Sync clock with NTP server, but Winxp is not able, showing error message: an error occurred while windows was synchronizing with xx.xx.xx.xx.
I already disable firewall on server/client side.
Does anyone know how to troubleshooting this issue? Thanks a lot for your response.
Original release date: January 13, 2014 | Last revised: January 14, 2014
Systems Affected
NTP servers
Overview
A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Amplification attack is an emerging form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) that relies on the use of publically accessible NTP servers to...
It's never been a problem before...at least not like this. At about 4:00 A.M. I noticed that Windows time was 2 hours behind the actual time, so I ran a sync on time.nist.gov, which corrected it. However, just ~20 minutes later, I was dismayed to see it had gone back again, but this time 3...
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An NTP client computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012, may not correct the time if the following conditions are true: The NTP client syncs its time with the...
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An NTP client computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2, may not correct the time if the following conditions are true: The NTP client syncs its time with the manually specified NTP server. The NTP...
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On a NTP client computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, it may not correct its time if the following conditions are true: The NTP client syncs its time with the manually specified NTP server. The...
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This project shows how you can use the Netduino Plus to make a tweeting breathalyzer—a standalone breathalyzer that can post messages about the detected alcohol level to Twitter, using an inexpensive alcohol gas sensor.
The Link Removed is an open source electronics platform based on a 32-bit...