Fixing the automatic time synchronization system in Windows 11 requires a deep dive into the Control Panel and possibly Command Prompt access.
By default, Windows 11 is supposed to automatically update and synchronize your personal computer’s internal system clock. However, sometimes this automated process gets interrupted or corrupted and then fails. Although the service could be restarted and the problem solved, Microsoft did not make the procedure as intuitive as it should have been.
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There are three different methods to restart the automatic time synchronization service in Windows 11. The methods are similar for Windows 10. Each method becomes slightly more complicated as you progress through the troubleshooting process. If the first method doesn’t do the trick, the second or third should get the job done.
Fix automatic time synchronization in Windows 11
A faulty time synchronization process in Windows 11 may just be a temporary issue with the service itself. In this situation, you can simply change the service your PC uses. However, the default time and date settings aren’t going to help us, we have to access all the time settings directly from the control panel, which involves a deep dive through many settings screens.
Repair with Control Panel
Open the Windows 11 desktop search tool, type “control panel”, then select the appropriate entry from the search results. In Control Panel, click or tap the Clock and Region item, then click the Set Time and Date link. Now click on the Internet Time tab to access the combination of screens shown in Figure A.
Figure A
Finally, click the Change Settings button on the Internet Time tab to display the screen shown in Figure B. From here, you can change the sync service and then click the Update Now button. Click OK when finished.
Figure B
There should be two service choices, so changing the timing from one service to another should fix the problem and update the system time. However, if that doesn’t work, we can move on to the second troubleshooting method.
Repair with the Services app
Open the Windows 11 desktop search tool, type “services”, then select the Services app entry from the search results. Scroll down the Services app screen, shown in Figure C, until you find the Windows Time entry.
Figure C
Double-click the Windows time entry in the list to display Figure D. From this page, we’ll stop and start the service at the system level, which theoretically resets the service and removes any corruption that caused it. prevents it from working properly.
Figure D
First, press the Stop button, and when this process is complete, press the Start button. Click the OK button when you are done with this screen, then click Exit Services Application. This method should reset the service and resolve the issue.
Repair with Command Prompt
The third troubleshooting method to fix automatic time synchronization process in Windows 11 is basically the same as the second method, only shutdown and startup are performed from the command prompt.
Open the Windows 11 desktop search tool, type “command prompt”, then select the Run as administrator entry from the search results. From the prompt, type this set of commands as shown in Figure E.
net stop w32time
w32tm /unregister
w32tm /register
net start w32time
Figure E
Exit the command prompt when you have finished the procedure.
Using one or a combination of these troubleshooting methods, you should be able to restart and reestablish the Windows 11 automatic time synchronization service, which will ensure that your system time is always up to date and correct. exact.
