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aleni

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everytime i boot into windows, the time is always changing.

i have resetted it a few times but it's going to change again everytime i get into windows from os x.

i have disabled windows time service in services.msc and unticked the syncronize thing in windows time setting.

any idea?
 

MRU

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Aug 23, 2005
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Yeah I read there is a work around, basically ivolves changing 1 line in the windows registry.....
 

aleni

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could u find out the workaround. i couldnt find any in google.

thanks.
 

MRU

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Ask and thy shall recieve


http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2378251#2378251


Solution according to josmul123

The short solution for people who know how to edit the registry:
A DWORD key called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\RealTimeIsUniversal needs to have the value of "1"

The step-by-step solution is as follows:
1. Boot Windows

2. Click Start --> Run and type regedit. Click OK

3. The Windows Registry Editor should pop up. Navigate within the explorer to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation

4. Click on the TimeZoneInformation "folder" from the navigation pane if you haven't already done so.

5. This assumes the correct key doesn't exist. If it does, you will just change the existing key's value: Right click on the white space within the folder (If you don't have a right mouse button, you may need to download a program called applemouse to emulate the "control-click" of the apple 1-button mouse). Select new --> DWORD Value. Title the key "RealTimeIsUniversal" (No quotes). Set the value to "1" (No quotes again). Hexidecimal should be fine.

6. Either reboot and set the clock in MacOS or set the clock in Windows. You should now be able to reboot into either OS and have a correct clock.
 

DISCOMUNICATION

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Jul 7, 2004
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And then some

I have the same problem with both WinXP and OSX. The minutes and date are always correct, but the hour is always completely wrong. And there is no pattern to it. It's either way ahead or way behind in both.
 
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