Is it possible to use a time server with XP Home

[Angus Comber]

Hello

I have a home user (always connected to network however) who's laptop
battery has gone. Rather than replace laptop CMOS battery can we just get
PC to time sync with a time server. For example I went into time settings,
Internet Time tab and clicked Update now and it did update date/time
correctly. But do I need to somehow get it to update using a batch file or
something?

The Windows Time service is running. Wha do I need to do?

Angus

 

[Someone]

Hello

I have a home user (always connected to network however) who's
laptop battery has gone. Rather than replace laptop CMOS
battery can we just get PC to time sync with a time server. For
example I went into time settings, Internet Time tab and clicked
Update now and it did update date/time correctly. But do I need
to somehow get it to update using a batch file or something?

The Windows Time service is running. Wha do I need to do?

I'm not an expert on this, and hopefully somebody else gives a more
definitive answer, but if you put the 'net time' command in a batch
file and add it to the Startup group, that might help.

Something like:
net time /SET

Try it first at the command line.
(Search Windows help for more info on 'net time')

Warning: I'm shooting from the hip!

 

[robertharvey]

Something like:
net time /SET

Good try, but like you said a little more work required
net time /setsntp:time.windows.com
works here. You can string more than one time server name on the end,
space separated.

 

[robertharvey]

Something like:
net time /SET

Good try, but like you said a little more work required
net time /setsntp:time.windows.com
works here. You can string more than one time server name on the end,
space separated. Then you should be able to use /set

 

[AJR]

Exactly how would a "time set" restore BIOS/CMOS settings?

 

[Someone]

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Good try, but like you said a little more work required
net time /setsntp:time.windows.com
works here. You can string more than one time server name on
the end, space separated. Then you should be able to use /set

I assumed (always a dangerous thing...) that setting the sntp server
had already been done, and that setting the 'Internet Time tab' is
one way to set the server, and equivalent to the above command (but I
could well be wrong).

The /setsntp option would only need to be used once (which should
store that setting in the registry), and thereafter, the /SET command
should use that server.