How can I get W7 to update the clock from the internet on boot?

Not sure, but couldn't you adjust the timezone by an hour in Windows? I can't think of any knock on effect unless you're joining a domain.
 
Put a batch file in startup containing...

w32tm /resync

Though this may error if the time service is set to manual start.
In which case edit the file to be...

sc start W32Time
w32tm /resync
sc stop W32Time

Which should work, though does depend on NTP etc being set up and working.

edit: actually, forget the start up folder have a look at task scheduler and see what triggers there are, should be one for on boot/startup that will run it earlier than you having to log on and it getting around to processing the start up group.
 
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theheyes said:
Not sure, but couldn't you adjust the timezone by an hour in Windows? I can't think of any knock on effect unless you're joining a domain.
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Hmm, I've just tried that doesn't seem to work, I set my timezone to Amsterdam, and even then my clock was an hour out after rebooting into OSX then back to W7.
chaosophy said:
Though this may error if the time service is set to manual start.
In which case edit the file to be...

sc start W32Time
w32tm /resync
sc stop W32Time

Which should work, though does depend on NTP etc being set up and working.
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Those 3 commands worked great, but the only problem is that these command have to be run as admin.

I've made a batch file, and I can run the batch file as an admin when I right click on the batch file and click on "Run as Administrator", but when I try and make a shortcut to the batch file in the startup folder, the "Run as Administrator" box is greyed out as you can see here:

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If I could figure out how to run a batch file at startup with admin rights then this would work well I think.
chaosophy said:
edit: actually, forget the start up folder have a look at task scheduler and see what triggers there are, should be one for on boot/startup that will run it earlier than you having to log on and it getting around to processing the start up group.
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I've just seen this, I seem to have found it in task scheduler, and have added a trigger to update the time at logon, as opposed to startup, as it takes a few seconds for my wifi to connect...

I'll reboot now and see if it works. :)
 
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