Time sync on Windows 7 machines
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:22 am
The MLS time bug has never been addressed but having a system clock that has drifted too far apart from the real world can cause various encryptions to fail and can trigger an OCD-based time reset which can generate the MLS problems. A couple of thoughts:
Windows 7 comes pre-configured to sync the time to the NNTP server every Sunday morning at 1:00am. For those units that leave their system on 24/7 this will keep the clock within a few seconds of realtime so nobody will feel a need to reset the clock manually and cause problems.
This pre-configuration is easy enough to change to a trigger at a different time. Many (most? all?) systems can be configured in the BIOS to turn themselves on at a specific time. If you set the MLS machine to turn on at 4:00am every Sunday morning the system will be able to download Windows and Sophos updates and sync the time before people are in the building and ready to go.
Windows 7 comes pre-configured to sync the time to the NNTP server every Sunday morning at 1:00am. For those units that leave their system on 24/7 this will keep the clock within a few seconds of realtime so nobody will feel a need to reset the clock manually and cause problems.
This pre-configuration is easy enough to change to a trigger at a different time. Many (most? all?) systems can be configured in the BIOS to turn themselves on at a specific time. If you set the MLS machine to turn on at 4:00am every Sunday morning the system will be able to download Windows and Sophos updates and sync the time before people are in the building and ready to go.