Policy

Enable Windows NTP Client

Microsoft Windows

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Enable Windows NTP Client
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
System > Windows Time Service > Time Providers
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting specifies whether the Windows NTP Client is enabled. Enabling the Windows NTP Client allows your computer to synchronize its computer clock with other NTP servers. You might want to disable this service if you decide to use a third-party time provider. If you enable this policy setting, you can set the local computer clock to synchronize time with NTP servers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the local computer clock does not synchronize time with NTP servers.

Internal name
W32TIME_POLICY_ENABLE_NTPCLIENT
Policy ID
ec504af6d119
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\W32time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
Value name
Enabled
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\W32time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
Value name
Enabled
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.