Using the simple network time protocol (SNTP) client on a host allows automatic adjustments to the system time. Keeping the time consistent between hosts in a network is essential for some applications and is helpful for correlating events on different systems.
Network time protocols use a client/server architecture. The client configuration requires the name of one or more time servers. To determine the current configuration of the client, use the following command from a command prompt:
C:\>net time /querysntp
This computer is not currently configured to use a specific SNTP server.
To configure the client to use the time server time.windows.com, use the following command:
C:\>net time /setsntp:time.windows.com
Restarting the w32time service may be necessary. To do this from the command line, use the following two commands:
net stop w32time
net start w32time
These settings will persist after the system reboots.
