How to freeze system time in Windows XP

[Guest hotister@hotmail.com]

Hi all:

 

For QA testing purposes we are looking for a software solution that

could temporarily freeze the system time in Windows XP. Is there any

way to do this? Thanks!

[Guest Bob I]

Re: How to freeze system time in Windows XP

 

At best you could "reset" the clock back. Say 1 minute every minute, or

1 second every second. But what would the point be of that?

 

hotister@hotmail.com wrote:

> Hi all:

>

> For QA testing purposes we are looking for a software solution that

> could temporarily freeze the system time in Windows XP. Is there any

> way to do this? Thanks!

[Guest hotister@hotmail.com]

Re: How to freeze system time in Windows XP

 

Bob thanks for your reply, I guess I probably miscommunicated what I

was trying to achieve.

 

To trace a software bug for QA purposes, we would like to change the

current syncing of the Windows XP system time, say, back to April 01,

2008. I'm not talking about completely freezing the system time, just

be able to change the date back to a certain date.

 

I remember this used to be possible if you login as a system

administrator in Windows 95 or 98 and just double click on the system

tray, and just change the date right there. Windows 95 (or 98)

wouldn't try to "sync" the system date/time with another network

source (or based on hardware). However it seems that this is not the

case with Windows XP. I have tried the following but the system time

would still "sync" with a source somewhere and change the date/time

back to the current date.

 

1. Manually stop the "Windows Time Service" (by running the

"services.msc" then click on "Services" tab, then right click on the

"Windows Time" service to stop it

 

2. Disable the network (to avoid XP try to sync with other

workstations with system time)

 

After I did the above two, then change the system date/time, it would

still sync with a source (somewhere, maybe the hardware CMOS clock?)

and change the system date/time back to current. Is there a easy way

(other than setting up a SNTP time server) to do this? Many thanks!

 

On May 13, 11:51 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> At best you could "reset" the clock back. Say 1 minute every minute, or

> 1 second every second. But what would the point be of that?

>

> hotis...@hotmail.com wrote:

> > Hi all:

>

> > For QA testing purposes we are looking for a software solution that

> > could temporarily freeze the system time in Windows XP. Is there any

> > way to do this? Thanks!

[Guest hotister@hotmail.com]

Re: How to freeze system time in Windows XP

 

By the way I also found these articles from googling, but these two

are not that useful:

 

Windows Time Service Tools and Settings

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b43a025f-cce2-4c82-b3ea-3b95d482db3a1033.mspx?mfr=true

 

Win Time Client (Using the Windows Time Service - w32time)

http://www.beaglesoft.com/clwaw32time.htm

 

Windows Time Service Technical Reference:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb608215.aspx

[Guest Bob I]

Re: How to freeze system time in Windows XP

 

Try this, after doing #1 and #2, reboot, and set the BIOS to the desired

date and time.

 

hotister@hotmail.com wrote:

> Bob thanks for your reply, I guess I probably miscommunicated what I

> was trying to achieve.

>

> To trace a software bug for QA purposes, we would like to change the

> current syncing of the Windows XP system time, say, back to April 01,

> 2008. I'm not talking about completely freezing the system time, just

> be able to change the date back to a certain date.

>

> I remember this used to be possible if you login as a system

> administrator in Windows 95 or 98 and just double click on the system

> tray, and just change the date right there. Windows 95 (or 98)

> wouldn't try to "sync" the system date/time with another network

> source (or based on hardware). However it seems that this is not the

> case with Windows XP. I have tried the following but the system time

> would still "sync" with a source somewhere and change the date/time

> back to the current date.

>

> 1. Manually stop the "Windows Time Service" (by running the

> "services.msc" then click on "Services" tab, then right click on the

> "Windows Time" service to stop it

>

> 2. Disable the network (to avoid XP try to sync with other

> workstations with system time)

>

> After I did the above two, then change the system date/time, it would

> still sync with a source (somewhere, maybe the hardware CMOS clock?)

> and change the system date/time back to current. Is there a easy way

> (other than setting up a SNTP time server) to do this? Many thanks!

>

> On May 13, 11:51 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>>At best you could "reset" the clock back. Say 1 minute every minute, or

>>1 second every second. But what would the point be of that?

>>

>>hotis...@hotmail.com wrote:

>>

>>>Hi all:

>>

>>>For QA testing purposes we are looking for a software solution that

>>>could temporarily freeze the system time in Windows XP. Is there any

>>>way to do this? Thanks!

>

>