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The problem arises when saving time in the BIOS. MAC and UNIX save UTC in the BIOS and display time according to the local setting. Mac automatically sets and syncs time on start up. It then displays time according to the chosen time zone offset. Windows however stores local time in the BIOS and sets the time automatically once a week.So when you start Windows after previously running MAC it displays(UTC) time which is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. If you sync windows time it will display the correct local time only if you install the registry key realtimeisuniversal=1 and only if youmanually sync after startup. Saving UTC plus the offset in the BIOS. If you choose to have windows show (UTC) as local time than that will solve your problem. Especially if you live in London England. Or all you need to do is sync Windows to local time at startup.
However don't sync it to early because an internet connection only becomesavailable near the end of boot. So go to Control panel>administrativetools>task scheduler>task scheduler library>Microsoft>TimeSynchronization>
Once here you are going to create a new task very similar to the one already present. In the general tab change the name to something like“Start-up Sync Time” and the description to something like 'Set Bill Gates watch to local time by synchronization with a US NationalBureau of Standards clock because Bill hates losing sales in UNIX time." make sure everything is the same except that the author will be your computer username as defined in System Information.
Under the trigger tab make a new trigger that will occur at log on by any user and enable it. Go to the old Microsoft task trigger tab, click properties, to edit it and disable the trigger.
Now go to the actions tab and copy the action from the old Microsoft syncand add a second line 'start a program' %windir%/system32/w32tm.exe/resync
Next is the conditions. Make them turn on Network with any connection and uncheck Idle, AC, and wakeup.
Last is the settings tab. Check everything except the delete tab. Than Set one minute, do it three times, stop after one hour. If your computer is slow booting then setting retry time longer may fix it.
Also I have found that the internet time server sever.nist.gov is a more reliable connection than the windows.time.com Change that by clicking on the clock and date in the right hand corner>change date and time settings>internet time>change settings>server:server.nist.gov.
When your computer firsts boots you will see (UTC) if you had booted previously from a MAC. I auto hide my task bar when checking it near the end of boot the taskbar time changes it to local. Does it auto change when you don't hide the task bar?
However don't sync it to early because an internet connection only becomesavailable near the end of boot. So go to Control panel>administrativetools>task scheduler>task scheduler library>Microsoft>TimeSynchronization>
Once here you are going to create a new task very similar to the one already present. In the general tab change the name to something like“Start-up Sync Time” and the description to something like 'Set Bill Gates watch to local time by synchronization with a US NationalBureau of Standards clock because Bill hates losing sales in UNIX time." make sure everything is the same except that the author will be your computer username as defined in System Information.
Under the trigger tab make a new trigger that will occur at log on by any user and enable it. Go to the old Microsoft task trigger tab, click properties, to edit it and disable the trigger.
Now go to the actions tab and copy the action from the old Microsoft syncand add a second line 'start a program' %windir%/system32/w32tm.exe/resync
Next is the conditions. Make them turn on Network with any connection and uncheck Idle, AC, and wakeup.
Last is the settings tab. Check everything except the delete tab. Than Set one minute, do it three times, stop after one hour. If your computer is slow booting then setting retry time longer may fix it.
Also I have found that the internet time server sever.nist.gov is a more reliable connection than the windows.time.com Change that by clicking on the clock and date in the right hand corner>change date and time settings>internet time>change settings>server:server.nist.gov.
When your computer firsts boots you will see (UTC) if you had booted previously from a MAC. I auto hide my task bar when checking it near the end of boot the taskbar time changes it to local. Does it auto change when you don't hide the task bar?
