Auto-sync clock when booted into Windows via Boot Camp

Jul 26, '06 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: gfilios

Using my MacBookPro in the office as a Windows XP Machine via Boot Camp, I finally got nearly all the settings right. One of two problems which remained was that I always had to manually set the time when booting into Windows. Various tips such as "syncing time on startup" didn't worked for me, because I am sitting behind a firewalll.

Today I found this nice tipp on in the forums for www.mactechnews.de which worked fine for me. Finally, I don't have to change my time settings. Just make the following entry in your Windows Registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
 SYSTEM
  CurrentControlSet
   Control
    TimeZoneInformation
     RealTimeIsUniversal
and set it to a DValue of 1. It worked for me. Now Mighty Mouse horizontal scrolling remains my last problem under Windows.

[robg adds: As noted in an earlier Windows-related hint, we will occasionally run Windows tips if they're about making your Mac work better when used as a Windows box. We won't, however, run general Windows usage tips...]

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