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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @WrCombs
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      @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

      @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

      @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

      @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

      Per the other random thread this system isn't bound to a domain.

      Is the system constantly resetting to the same date and time?

      Yes,

      Then it goes to 3/3/2019, randomly as well.

      So the system isn't just resetting to a time in the past but randomly jumping around?

      yes, according to the events.

      thinking it might be someone on site doing it, but times dont add up.

      That kind of would make sense. I've manually had to change the clock on systems in the past to make some really awful software work. And reset it back again, for other things.

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      • WrCombsW
        WrCombs @Obsolesce
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        @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

        @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

        @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

        @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

        @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

        Per the other random thread this system isn't bound to a domain.

        Is the system constantly resetting to the same date and time?

        Yes,

        Then it goes to 3/3/2019, randomly as well.

        So the system isn't just resetting to a time in the past but randomly jumping around?

        yes, according to the events.

        thinking it might be someone on site doing it, but times dont add up.

        I doubt someone onsite is changing the time to be incorrect.

        that's what I said as well, But I changed the local account policy for it just to see.

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        • ObsolesceO
          Obsolesce
          last edited by

          What is the result of this command:

          w32tm /query /source

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          • WrCombsW
            WrCombs @Obsolesce
            last edited by

            @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

            What is the result of this command:

            w32tm /query /source

            Service has not been started.

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @Obsolesce
              last edited by

              @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

              @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

              @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

              @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

              @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

              Per the other random thread this system isn't bound to a domain.

              Is the system constantly resetting to the same date and time?

              Yes,

              Then it goes to 3/3/2019, randomly as well.

              So the system isn't just resetting to a time in the past but randomly jumping around?

              yes, according to the events.

              thinking it might be someone on site doing it, but times dont add up.

              I doubt someone onsite is changing the time to be incorrect.

              I've had to change the time to the past or distant future to get software that the business owned to work. From the devs they said "just change the date to X and it'll work for so many days etc".

              This because their licencing dept was slow to provide licensing.

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              • ObsolesceO
                Obsolesce @WrCombs
                last edited by

                @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                What is the result of this command:

                w32tm /query /source

                Service has not been started.

                Run these in order:

                net stop w32time 
w32tm /unregister 
w32tm /register 
net start w32time
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                • ObsolesceO
                  Obsolesce @Obsolesce
                  last edited by

                  @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                  @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                  @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                  What is the result of this command:

                  w32tm /query /source

                  Service has not been started.

                  Run these in order:

                  net stop w32time 
w32tm /unregister 
w32tm /register 
net start w32time

                  You may have to do the /register one twice... or hte unregister one... i forget which

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                  • ObsolesceO
                    Obsolesce
                    last edited by

                    After the service is started, run this:

                    w32tm.exe /resync /rediscover /nowait

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                    • WrCombsW
                      WrCombs @Obsolesce
                      last edited by

                      @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                      @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                      @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                      @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                      What is the result of this command:

                      w32tm /query /source

                      Service has not been started.

                      Run these in order:

                      net stop w32time 
w32tm /unregister 
w32tm /register 
net start w32time

                      You may have to do the /register one twice... or hte unregister one... i forget which

                      Service has been started

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                      • WrCombsW
                        WrCombs @Obsolesce
                        last edited by

                        @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                        After the service is started, run this:

                        w32tm.exe /resync /rediscover /nowait

                        command successful succeed

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                        • WrCombsW
                          WrCombs
                          last edited by

                          @Obsolesce what did I just do?

                          just so I can learn

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                          • ObsolesceO
                            Obsolesce @WrCombs
                            last edited by

                            @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                            @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                            After the service is started, run this:

                            w32tm.exe /resync /rediscover /nowait

                            command successful succeed

                            Okay, now just wait and see what happens. When will you know if it'll do it again? How often did it happen?

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                            • WrCombsW
                              WrCombs @Obsolesce
                              last edited by

                              @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                              @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                              @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                              After the service is started, run this:

                              w32tm.exe /resync /rediscover /nowait

                              command successful succeed

                              Okay, now just wait and see what happens. When will you know if it'll do it again? How often did it happen?

                              it's happened for the last 3 days, but then didn't do it today.
                              So im going to check every morning when I get in to follow up just to be safe.

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @WrCombs
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                                @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                @Obsolesce what did I just do?

                                just so I can learn

                                You reset the time sync service, told it to find a time master and told it to not wait to update.

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                                • WrCombsW
                                  WrCombs @DustinB3403
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                                  @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                  @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                  @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                  @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                  @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                  @DustinB3403 said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                  Per the other random thread this system isn't bound to a domain.

                                  Is the system constantly resetting to the same date and time?

                                  Yes,

                                  Then it goes to 3/3/2019, randomly as well.

                                  So the system isn't just resetting to a time in the past but randomly jumping around?

                                  yes, according to the events.

                                  thinking it might be someone on site doing it, but times dont add up.

                                  I doubt someone onsite is changing the time to be incorrect.

                                  I've had to change the time to the past or distant future to get software that the business owned to work. From the devs they said "just change the date to X and it'll work for so many days etc".

                                  This because their licencing dept was slow to provide licensing.

                                  I've seen/heard of that but they werent putting anything on this computer

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                                  • ObsolesceO
                                    Obsolesce @WrCombs
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                                    @WrCombs said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                    @Obsolesce what did I just do?

                                    just so I can learn

                                    Basically you registered the time service, then started it, then re-synchronized the clock with it's source.

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                                    • dafyreD
                                      dafyre
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                                      Check and make sure there are no scheduled tasks running that fiddle with he time as well.

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                                      • ObsolesceO
                                        Obsolesce @dafyre
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                                        @dafyre said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                        Check and make sure there are no scheduled tasks running that fiddle with he time as well.

                                        Ya this is a good idea... if you didn't set it up and manage it's life, someone else coudl have some weird tasks going for whatever reason.

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                                        • WrCombsW
                                          WrCombs @Obsolesce
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                                          @Obsolesce said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                          @dafyre said in Windows Server 2012 R2 : randomly changes date/time ?:

                                          Check and make sure there are no scheduled tasks running that fiddle with he time as well.

                                          Ya this is a good idea... if you didn't set it up and manage it's life, someone else coudl have some weird tasks going for whatever reason.

                                          I see something for Time Sync in task scheduler

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                                          • WrCombsW
                                            WrCombs
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                                            I noticed that it set it's time an hour ahead

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