Setting Time and Date in Windows XP mode

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Hi All,

I know this is a non code related question but maybe there might someone to help with this issue.

I am running windows XP Mode as virtual machine on my PC(windows 7). All I need to do is set back the the year to 2013 ... when i do this in windows xp mode .. the year changes to 2013 and then after a few seconds it automatically sets back to the normal year (2014) even though i have unchecked the checkbox that says "Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server"..
is there a way i can set the time and date and not let windows xp mode automatically set it back to normal?

cheer everyone

Posted 11-Dec-14 21:45pm

1Future

Updated 12-Dec-14 4:25am

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TheRealSteveJudge · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-11T22:10:00

Solution 1

The behaviour you have described is perfectly normal.

This is configured in your XP mode .vmc file

...

XML

<host_time_sync>
   <enabled type="boolean">true</enabled>
   <frequency type="integer">15</frequency>
   <threshold type="integer">10</threshold>
</host_time_sync>

...

To disable time sync change enabled to false.
Before you must shut down XP Mode.

...

C#

<host_time_sync>
   <enabled type="boolean">false</enabled>
   <frequency type="integer">15</frequency>
   <threshold type="integer">10</threshold>
</host_time_sync>

...

Then restart XP mode.

Posted 11-Dec-14 22:10pm

TheRealSteveJudge

Updated 11-Dec-14 22:51pm

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1Future 12-Dec-14 4:14am

so basically i can not manually set the time and date right?

TheRealSteveJudge 12-Dec-14 4:31am

Meanwhile I found a solution. See update!

BillWoodruff 12-Dec-14 5:18am

+5

TheRealSteveJudge 12-Dec-14 5:19am

Thank you!

1Future 12-Dec-14 6:47am

Thank you sirr

TheRealSteveJudge 12-Dec-14 6:56am

You're welcome!