To update the time on your computer
If your computer is a member of a domain, your computer clock is probably synchronized automatically by a network time server If your computer is not a member of a domain, your computer's clock is automatically and regularly synchronized by an Internet time server. This procedure provides information about synchronizing your computer clock immediately.
1. | Make sure you are connected to the Internet. |
2. | Open Date and Time in Control Panel. |
3. | Click the Internet Time tab. The Internet Time tab is not available if your computer is a member of a domain. |
4. | Click Update Now. |
Note
| • | To open Date and Time, click Start, click Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options, and then click Date and Time. |
| • | Internet time synchronization updates your clock on a regular basis. Windows sets synchronization to occur weekly, but if you purchased a computer with Windows XP installed, your computer manufacturer may have set it to occur more often. |
| • | An Internet time server updates the date set by your computer as well as the time. |
| • | The Update Now button is not available unless the Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server check box is selected. |
| • | You can change the time on your computer clock manually by double-clicking the clock on the taskbar Under Time, use the arrow keys to change the time. |
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