Windows 10 time synchronization failed

[P4-630]

I have set the time service to automatic, restarted the PC but it didn't help.

How can I fix this?

Also tried sfc scannow, but there were no problems.

A different server didn't help either.

 

[erixx]

just checked it here (Western Europe) and it works. Your local server may be down.

 

[ne6togadno]

throw that pesky clock out of the window and enjoy your life

 

[Chomiq]

Laptop or desktop? I'm having problems with my Dell laptop. It has sync issues since new. Try changing the sync server to one from pool.ntp.org for your region. I've actually changed this on my laptop today and it finally managed to sync properly.

 

[P4-630]

throw that pesky clock out of the window and enjoy your life

I have an app to watch live TV on my PC and the program schedule isn't correct after watching for some time.
When I just installed it it would not even run properly and was complaining that the time wasn't correct.

Laptop or desktop? I'm having problems with my Dell laptop. It has sync issues since new. Try changing the sync server to one from pool.ntp.org for your region. I've actually changed this on my laptop today and it finally managed to sync properly.

Desktop.
I have only 2 options, one MS and the other time.nist.gov which both fail.

 

[95Viper]

Try switching to a different time zone; and, switch it back.

EDIT: You may, also, want to try starting a Command Prompt as administrator and run DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth command.

 

[ne6togadno]

How to manage time servers on Windows 10

If your device is showing the wrong time, and it's not a time zone issue, you can try changing the Internet Time settings on Windows 10 to fix the problem.

www.windowscentral.com

How to add or change Time Server in Windows 11/10

Keeping your System Time accurate is very important. Learn how to change the Time Server in Windows & how to add new additional Time Servers of your choice.

www.thewindowsclub.com

 

[INSTG8R]

Just hit mine (CET) synced instantly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[P4-630]

Ok I tried "How to troubleshoot time server synchronization problems":

How to manage time servers on Windows 10

If your device is showing the wrong time, and it's not a time zone issue, you can try changing the Internet Time settings on Windows 10 to fix the problem.

www.windowscentral.com

Now I'm seeing this:

tried time.google.com also didn't work.

 

[Chomiq]

You can type in your own address.

try 0.pool.ntp.org or replace 0 with 1 to 3 or just pool.ntp.org

Just tried it on a VM and it synced perfectly with my g-shock that's syncs with atomic clock every night.

 

[c2DDragon]

Windows Time service is supposed to be in "Manual (trigger start)" so if you've put it in automatic maybe the task for synchronizing is disabled.
Check into the task scheduler (run taskschd.msc) and go in Microsoft -> Windows -> Time Synchronization. There must be 2 tasks : "ForceSynchronizeTime" & "SynchronizeTime". They are in "Ready" by default. Maybe "SynchronizeTime" is disabled ?
You can try to execute them from the task scheduler and see if you got any error.

 

[Bill_Bright]

I use time.nist.gov.

 

[P4-630]

I use time.nist.gov.

MS and the other time.nist.gov which both fail.

I just tried with firewall disabled, didn't help either.

Windows Time service is supposed to be in "Manual (trigger start)" so if you've put it in automatic maybe the task for synchronizing is disabled.
Check into the task scheduler (run taskschd.msc) and go in Microsoft -> Windows -> Time Synchronization. There must be 2 tasks : "ForceSynchronizeTime" & "SynchronizeTime". They are in "Ready" by default. Maybe "SynchronizeTime" is disabled ?
You can try to execute them from the task scheduler and see if you got any error.

Just tried to Force and it just kept running, killed it after some minutes.

But weird, it says last run time 1/6 but in other windows settings it says failed.

 

[c2DDragon]

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Just tried to Force and it just kept running, killed it after some minutes.

But weird, it says last run time 1/6 but in other windows settings it says failed.

Did you use some "debloater" program of script to remove Windows stuff between the 6 of january and today ? Some of them ask you to do a system restore point, if you got one from before changes you could have made it could help I guess.

Did you edit the Hosts file ? I have doubts it could be this because you tried differents time servers but maybe you could check.

In an admin CMD prompt type :
cd drivers\etc
notepad hosts
Then search for "time.windows.com" it could be in this list and blocked.

About the "Windows Time" service, if you start it what happens ? Does it fail to initiate ? If it stays running try the synchronization again.

 

[P4-630]

Did you use some "debloater" program of script to remove Windows stuff between the 6 of january and today ?

No I didn't

Did you edit the Hosts file ?

No I didn't

In an admin CMD prompt type :
cd drivers\etc
notepad hosts
Then search for "time.windows.com" it could be in this list and blocked.

No it's not blocked in the hosts file.

About the "Windows Time" service, if you start it what happens ? Does it fail to initiate ? If it stays running try the synchronization again.

I've let it run for a minute or so and then clicked "Refresh" and the image above as result.

And if I check it from the control panel after that:

 

[Solaris17]

Is your clock close to the correct time?

 

[c2DDragon]

I've found something about result (0x5) and Time sync maybe 1 of those answers could help you (Yeah it's 8.1 there but maybe maybe x) ) : https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...rror-0x5/efe419d0-09c8-4ac6-8213-e2f42239231a

 

[P4-630]

Ok, so I got it working when using my mobile phone 4G tethered via USB.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Sorry, I missed where you said you tried the NIST server.

Is your clock close to the correct time?

^^^This^^^

What time zone are you in? It is ~7:20PM in your area (based the timestamp of your last post)?

Slightly OT, https://time.is/ is a pretty nice site to check the accuracy of your clock.

 

[P4-630]

Is your clock close to the correct time?

Yesterday when I started figuring this out, my clock was about a minute off.
The live TV app I use wouldn't work, got popups that the time wasn't set correctly.
I set the time manually as best as I could and the app worked but just the tv program bar of time left under it doesn't work properly.

Got the time in sync now with using my mobile phone 4G tethered via USB.

 

[Bill_Bright]

I think it would have be way off, not minutes to matter.

So your time zone and DST settings are correct?

I seem to remember something from a long time ago (so I could be wrong) about someone having problems when their keyboard language did not match their time zone - perhaps something about how dates are displayed (day first vs month - I don't know). I'm reaching here, I know.

 

[P4-630]

So your time zone and DST settings are correct?

Yes.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Well, I'm out of ideas.

Not sure if you saw this but there are several suggestions in here that might help or provide a clue.

How to force Windows 10 time to synch with a time server?

The time displayed by WIndows 10 is over 30 seconds slow even though I shut it down and restarted my computer less than 15 hours ago. I can't find a way to force W10 to synch the clock with a time

answers.microsoft.com

 

[P4-630]

Well, I'm out of ideas.

Not sure if you saw this but there are several suggestions in here that might help or provide a clue.

How to force Windows 10 time to synch with a time server?

The time displayed by WIndows 10 is over 30 seconds slow even though I shut it down and restarted my computer less than 15 hours ago. I can't find a way to force W10 to synch the clock with a time

answers.microsoft.com

It works but only via my mobile phone tethered via USB to my PC and using my phone's 4G.

Just my PC via WiFi it isn't working.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Just my PC via WiFi it isn't working.

And it used to with this same setup?