Windows Embedded – disable/enable W32Time “Windows Time” service
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/03/15
In some environments having the “http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773013(WS.10).aspx” service (W32Time) running is not desirable.
Circumstances where you might want to disable W32Time include:
- scheduling algorithms that are sensitive to sudden time changes
- usage of other time synchronization mechanisms
Not all Windows Embedded systems include the desired components to disable or enable the W32Time service from a UI (especially when they are not using the Windows Explorer as a shell), so here are two batch files that can help.
Batch file to stop and disable W32Time:
net stop W32Time sc config W32Time start= disabled
Batch file to enable (auto) and start W32time:
sc config W32Time start= auto net start W32Time
–jeroen
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pdegagne said
Perfect! Thank you. Was exactly what I was looking for. :)
ruurd said
OMGWTFBBQ do they still have that stupid time syncing in Windows 7??!?!?? I’d recommend using a real NTP client that just keeps your clock within margins so that there are no ‘sudden jumps in time’…