Windows 10 Automatic Time Setting not working

[charles_i]

I have been using Windows 10 Home Edition for over a month and every day I have to switch the Automatic Time Setting off and on when I boot the PC and sometimes it crashes when I try to enable it. The time when booted is the time that it was when it was last shut down. I have tried this solution with no luck.

Any idea how I can fix this or do I have to enable the time for the rest of the life of my PC?

Thanks
Charles

 

[Lutfij]

I wouldn't be surprised if any suggestions made with regedit and services were to work since Windows 10 apparently has a knack for throwing fits at users over minor changes as you've so described with the crash.

You can try sfc / scannow as well as a repair install and see if the issue is resolved. Though most probable that you'll be looking at a clean install if this keeps up and the above suggestions don't work due to a corruption in your Windows files.

Can you please pass on your full systems specs?

 

[charles_i]

Thanks for answering this. Since posting this I've tried switching batteries on the motherboard, and directly connecting to my cable modem (removing the wireless router) but it hasn't made any difference. I did try a scan in safemode with Malwarebytes too.

I'll try your other suggestions. One of the posts I read said it could be a hardware problem - non-specific as to what. Again, I can't see how that would matter since Windows 10 is supposed to be pinging the Internet for the time settings. Also, someone said it could be a startup problem with another program taking control. I don't have any unusual programs running that I can see doing that. Mostly, ordinary stuff like Adobe, Office, etc.

One thing I have noticed is that when the PC boots up (very fast) it initially is not connected to the Internet and it takes a good 20 to 30 seconds to connect. Could it be that the time tries to ping the Internet when it's not connected and then doesn't try again after it is? Could this be a Ethernet driver issue? I checked and the Ethernet connection says the driver is OK - I even tried the automatic driver update but that lag is still there.

I'm not sure which specs you need. Here are some of them from CPU-Z:

Intel Processor 3.10 GHz
Core Speed 800.01MHz
Bus Speed 100. MHz

L1 & L2 Cache - 32 KBytes x4 8-way
L3 Cache 8MBytes 16-way

Mainboard Gigabyte Z97-HD3CP

Memory 8054 MBytes

Graphics and Audio are onboard.

Thanks for your help.

 

[W Fallon]

There was something on the internet about windows time affecting a couple of things. It mentioned something about Time Zone differential with GMT. You'll have to search for it:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Windows+10+Automatic+Time+Setting+not+working&oq=Windows+10+Automatic+Time+Setting+not+working&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

The answer is in the first few articles but I don't remember where.

Bill

 

[charles_i]

Having exhausted all of the fixes I can find, everything seems to be pointing towards my second failed motherboard. I contacted the manufacturer, Gigabyte, and they responded that if a new battery did not fix the problem they were willing to give me an RMA for a refund. I will update this post with the results.