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System time synchronized with the hardware clock.

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2025-04-22T13:34:26.25+00:00

Hello,

We have machines running on Windows 10 and having W32Time service disabled. We use a third party NTP service for time synchronization.

From time to time computer time is changed and it implies great problems for our applications. Looking at Event Viewer the problem appears when Kernel-General decides to change system time.

Please, we needed instructions about how to disable this synchronization with hardware clock.

The message is as follows:

Spanish (translated bellow):

La hora del sistema se cambió a ‎2025‎-‎04‎-‎20T11:46:21.500000000Z de ‎2025‎-‎04‎-‎20T11:45:20.940485300Z.

Motivo del cambio: System time synchronized with the hardware clock.

Proceso: '' (PID 4).

Translated (free translation):

System time changed to ‎2025‎-‎04‎-‎20T11:46:21.500000000Z from ‎2025‎-‎04‎-‎20T11:45:20.940485300Z.

Reason of change: System time synchronized with the hardware clock.

Process: '' (PID 4).

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  1. CRB 0 Reputation points
    2025-04-23T06:31:02.8633333+00:00

    Hello,

    A good and complete page. Thanks. I am saving it as a reference.

    But I just need indications about how to disable the synchronization with hardware clock, which is a cause of problems for my applications.

    Thanks in advance,

    Conrado

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