Windows 7 won't synchronize with time.windows.com

Question

no matter what I do I can't reset the time on my system. i run 64 bit windows. i go to time management and try adjusting time zone, adjusting the time manually, setting it to synchronize with time.windows.com, anything i can think of. updates haven't fixed this, i'm at a loss for what else i can do. any ideas on what i can do to update this?

Answer 1

Hi,

You can try the following methods

Method 1:

Put the computer in ‘Clean boot’ and check the status.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Note: When the troubleshooting is over do not forget to reset the computer to normal startup. Follow step 7 in the article above.

Method 2:

Try with a different time server

a)    Click on the ‘Start’ button and type ‘Date and Time’ in the search text box and select it.

b)    Select the ‘Internet’ tab and click on ‘Change settings’

c)    Select a different server and click on ‘Update now’ and ‘Ok’ and check if it synchronizes

Method 3:

Type the commands below in ‘cmd’ prompt

Click on the ‘Start’ button and type ‘cmd’ and right-click on cmd and select ‘Run as administrator’

1. Type "w32tm /debug /disable"(without quotes) and press 'Enter'.
2. Type "w32tm /register"(without quotes) and press 'Enter'

You should get the response "W32Time successfully registered"

3. Type "net start w32time"(without quotes) and press 'Enter'

Answer 2

Method 3 didn't work for me.  Method 1 did.  Thank You!

Answer 3

Comk4ver and I have the same issue and error code - still outstanding - Hlp pls

Answer 4

Hello. I've did all the 3 methods and nothing helped. 

"An error occured while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com"

This error shows up when i'm trying to update with 5 servers on the list. 

And if i'm using cmd then i'm getting "Access denied" error.

2 days i'm looking for solution and cant find good one.

I've tryed theese commands: 

pushd %SystemRoot%\system32

.\net stop w32time

.\w32tm /unregister

.\w32tm /register

.\sc config w32time type= own

.\net start w32time

.\w32tm /config /update /manualpeerlist:"0.pool.ntp.org,1.pool.ntp.org,2.pool.ntp.org,3.pool.ntp.org",0x8 /syncfromflags:MANUAL /reliable:yes

.\w32tm /resync

every command works fine, until i wrote the last one ".\w32tm /resync" after this row shows up "access denied : 0x8007005"

Finally i went to C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe security properties and added guest / guests / users / anonymous and so on to the list. Gave them full control access, and still nothing helped.

Should i try to replace my CMOS battery?  (i saw this suggestion in some forums)

Any ideas how to fix this ?

Answer 5

None of the above 3 steps worked for me, I was also unable to update time or get windows updates on vista. I turned off automatic sync on the clock, this allowed me to update my computer. I then changed my update server to time.nist.gov and clicked ok (not update) I then went into bios and noticed that the date and time was off by 1 (it said it was Monday but it was Tuesday) after fixing this my time updates normally and i am able to get windows updates. Hope this helps.

btw running vista 32bt home basic, dell inspiron 1525