How to stop a time sync on Windows Server 2003

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We are runnning a Windows 2003 Server machine on which we have
switched off the time sync. The machine is also not running in a
domain and is not connected to the internet.
Even then the system time changes approx. every 2 to 3 days by about 1
minute.
How is this possible and how can I turn this off?

Thanks for any help!

Wolfgang
 
Re: How to stop a time sync on Windows Server 2003

> Even then the system time changes approx. every 2 to 3 days by about 1
> minute.

What speed is this system moving at?

;-)

On a more serious note: doesn't the eventlog tell you anything?


/ ) Regards,
/ /_________
_|__|__) Paul Weterings
/ (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
__/ (O_)
____(O_)


wolf wrote:
> We are runnning a Windows 2003 Server machine on which we have
> switched off the time sync. The machine is also not running in a
> domain and is not connected to the internet.
> Even then the system time changes approx. every 2 to 3 days by about 1
> minute.
> How is this possible and how can I turn this off?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Wolfgang
 
Re: How to stop a time sync on Windows Server 2003

On 3 Apr., 21:19, Paul Weterings <Paul-nospam-@syncpuls-dot-com>
wrote:
>  > Even then the system time changes approx. every 2 to 3 days by about 1
>  > minute.
>
> What speed is this system moving at?
>
> ;-)
>
> On a more serious note: doesn't the eventlog tell you anything?
>
>   / )  Regards,
> / /_________
>       _|__|__) Paul Weterings
>     / (O_)    http://www.servercare.nl
> __/  (O_)
> ____(O_)
>
>
>


Obviously it is running too slow (1 minute every 2-3 days)
No entries in the eventlog!
 
Re: How to stop a time sync on Windows Server 2003

[kidding]
I was thinking near lightspeed, explaining the progress of 1 minute per day.
[/kidding]

I was wondering how you determined the change of 1 minute per 2 or 3
days, since this server appears not to sync up to anything and the
eventlog doesn't complain about a missing timesync (confirming the
above), would any difference in time compared to other (correctly
synced) systems not explain the difference because of hardware clock drift?

One (maybe not such a practical) way to test this would be to shut the
system off for a few days, and then compare the bios clock to a know
correct source.

Not much help I'm afraid...

/ ) Regards,
/ /_________
_|__|__) Paul Weterings
/ (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
__/ (O_)
____(O_)


wolf wrote:
> On 3 Apr., 21:19, Paul Weterings <Paul-nospam-@syncpuls-dot-com>
> wrote:
>> > Even then the system time changes approx. every 2 to 3 days by about 1
>> > minute.
>>
>> What speed is this system moving at?
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> On a more serious note: doesn't the eventlog tell you anything?
>>
>> / ) Regards,
>> / /_________
>> _|__|__) Paul Weterings
>> / (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
>> __/ (O_)
>> ____(O_)
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Obviously it is running too slow (1 minute every 2-3 days)
> No entries in the eventlog!
 
Re: How to stop a time sync on Windows Server 2003

Come to think of it, could it be that this is the OS time syncing
against the Bios clock?

/ ) Regards,
/ /_________
_|__|__) Paul Weterings
/ (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
__/ (O_)
____(O_)


Paul Weterings wrote:
> [kidding]
> I was thinking near lightspeed, explaining the progress of 1 minute per
> day.
> [/kidding]
>
> I was wondering how you determined the change of 1 minute per 2 or 3
> days, since this server appears not to sync up to anything and the
> eventlog doesn't complain about a missing timesync (confirming the
> above), would any difference in time compared to other (correctly
> synced) systems not explain the difference because of hardware clock drift?
>
> One (maybe not such a practical) way to test this would be to shut the
> system off for a few days, and then compare the bios clock to a know
> correct source.
>
> Not much help I'm afraid...
>
> / ) Regards,
> / /_________
> _|__|__) Paul Weterings
> / (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
> __/ (O_)
> ____(O_)
>
>
> wolf wrote:
>> On 3 Apr., 21:19, Paul Weterings <Paul-nospam-@syncpuls-dot-com>
>> wrote:
>>> > Even then the system time changes approx. every 2 to 3 days by
>>> about 1
>>> > minute.
>>>
>>> What speed is this system moving at?
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> On a more serious note: doesn't the eventlog tell you anything?
>>>
>>> / ) Regards,
>>> / /_________
>>> _|__|__) Paul Weterings
>>> / (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
>>> __/ (O_)
>>> ____(O_)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Obviously it is running too slow (1 minute every 2-3 days)
>> No entries in the eventlog!
 
Re: How to stop a time sync on Windows Server 2003

On 4 Apr., 18:02, Paul Weterings <Paul-nospam-@syncpuls-dot-com>
wrote:
> Come to think of it, could it be that this is the OS time syncing
> against the Bios clock?
>
>   / )  Regards,
> / /_________
>       _|__|__) Paul Weterings
>     / (O_)    http://www.servercare.nl
> __/  (O_)
> ____(O_)
>
>
>
> Paul Weterings wrote:
> > [kidding]
> > I was thinking near lightspeed, explaining the progress of 1 minute per
> > day.
> > [/kidding]
>
> > I was wondering how you determined the change of 1 minute per 2 or 3
> > days, since this server appears not to sync up to anything and the
> > eventlog doesn't complain about a missing timesync (confirming the
> > above), would any difference in time compared to other (correctly
> > synced) systems not explain the difference because of hardware clock drift?
>
> > One (maybe not such a practical) way to test this would be to shut the
> > system off for a few days, and then compare the bios clock to a know
> > correct source.
>
> > Not much help I'm afraid...
>
> >  / )  Regards,
> > / /_________
> >      _|__|__) Paul Weterings
> >    / (O_)    http://www.servercare.nl
> > __/  (O_)
> > ____(O_)
>
> > wolf wrote:
> >> On 3 Apr., 21:19, Paul Weterings <Paul-nospam-@syncpuls-dot-com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>  > Even then the system time changes approx. every 2 to 3 days by
> >>> about 1
> >>>  > minute.
>
> >>> What speed is this system moving at?
>
> >>> ;-)
>
> >>> On a more serious note: doesn't the eventlog tell you anything?
>
> >>>   / )  Regards,
> >>> / /_________
> >>>       _|__|__) Paul Weterings
> >>>     / (O_)    http://www.servercare.nl
> >>> __/  (O_)
> >>> ____(O_)
>
> >> Obviously it is running too slow (1 minute every 2-3 days)
> >> No entries in the eventlog!- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
>
> - Zitierten Text anzeigen -

We are running our programs on that server and based on logfiles we
figured out that the time changes, so installed a program that checks
the time and tells us that the time is being synchronized every 2 to 3
days by 1 minute.
I think you are right that the OS time synchronizes with the bios
time. How can this be stopped? Or how can one sync that more often
that the time jumps are smaller?
 
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