Virtualbox: How to sync time VM client in Windows
December 19, 2013 Leave a comment
I am running a few Virtual Machines on my PC by using Oracle Virtualbox. There is always a need to sync the time on VM clients. The following commands are used in my Windows 8 VM client to sync to the time server in Canada by ‘run as Administrator’:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600] (c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32>net stop w32time The Windows Time service is stopping. The Windows Time service was stopped successfully. C:\Windows\system32>w32tm /debug /disable C:\Windows\system32>w32tm /unregister W32Time successfully unregistered. C:\Windows\system32>w32tm /register W32Time successfully registered. C:\Windows\system32>net start w32time The Windows Time service is starting. The Windows Time service was started successfully. C:\Windows\system32>w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.nrc.ca,0x8, /syncfromflags:manual /update The command completed successfully. C:\Windows\system32>w32tm /resync Sending resync command to local computer The command completed successfully.