Windows time "Sync Now" button for non-admins

James White 21

Hello, Is there any way to allow non-admins to use the "Sync Now" button in the time settings in Windows?

Remco Vreeswijk 21 Reputation points

2023-02-08T15:28:08.29+00:00

I have the same question. When logged in as an admin, the sync button works. But when a normal user clicks the sync button, it immediately says Time synchronisation failed. Its also syncing to time.windows.com.

On this moment we are having some time sync problems with multiple Intune computers, where the time is a couple minutes off. We would like to get it solved someway.
Kowalczyk, Kamil 10 Reputation points

2023-12-08T19:00:10.7733333+00:00

I have the same problem. It is worth to add that the modification of "Local Group Policy" in the branch:
Computer Configuration / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Local Policies / User Rights Assignment / Change the system time and adding Users or Everyone does not change anything. After this I am able to change the time but the manual synchronization still does not work.
Maarten Jan Kamerbeek 5 Reputation points

2024-05-01T09:12:05.9766667+00:00

I have the same question. I don't understand why you need to have admin privileges to sync the time. The time syncing is working fine. But when we transfer from winter to summer time or vise-versa then, sometimes on some W10/W11 laptops/surfaces, the time isn't automatically synced. Pushing the sync now button is often, when there isn't any other problem, enough to change te time. But for that, the user needs to ask an admin.

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