Time sync in Windows 7

I have a consistent time sync issue: my Windows clock is consistently fast by about 2 minutes every week or so. Someone here at MG recommended Karen's Time Sync. I have it configured to sync the clock every 12 hours, but it doesn't. It's also set to sync the clock when Windows starts, but I tend to leave the PC on for 3-4 days at a time (sometimes over a week), so that isn't much help. So, I need a way to sync the clock every 6-12 hours. I looked through the System32 folder for an 'obvious' file that Windows uses to sync the time, but couldn't find anything the screamed 'time sync'. The thought was that I would add it to the Task Scheduler. So now my next thought is to add Karen's Time Sync to the Task Scheduler, but it looks like Windows UAC will prevent it from running by itself, plus it would simply sync the clock 'invisibly', Karen's Time Sync will open a dialog window instead of simply syncing up 'behind the scenes' in the background (but I haven't tried using Karen's with the Task Scheduler just yet). The point of this lengthy and undoubtedly boring thread is this: I need something to sync the Windows clock regularly, without any user interaction, and it must run on a schedule of at least twice a day (preferably every 6 or 8 hours).

Any input, thoughts, suggestions, or comments will be appreciated.

Thanks!

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(BTW- someone previously told me "you have a bad motherboard" but this is untrue; I did not have a time issue when I was running WinXP Pro on this same board with the same CPU, RAM, video card, hard drives, etc. The only thing different is Windows 7 X64 Home Premium)

 

I don't remember 100%, but I'm sure I've tried different time servers. I'm trying to avoid having to sync the time manually, the only option offered by Windows is to update every 7 days, but it looks like your reg 'hack' above will change that 7 days to my choice of interval, but then you added ". . . manually update the internet time" and that threw me off a little. So- I'm thinking that I can make the reg edit, and set it to every 8 hours, then once I sync the time manually using the built-in "Internet Time" option, it will kick in the automatic syncing every 8 hours, right?

(BTW- thanks!!!!! :dood )

 

Yup, that's what I thought... I'm going to do the regedit right now.... thanks again!

UPDATE- it worked PERFECTLY!!!! THANKS HALO!!!! You rock! Screen shots attached. . . .

 

Will do.... and thanks again. It's been 5 days or so and it's still working perfectly!
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