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Set Windows to use system clock as UTC

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Mar 15, 20262103 views
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Problem

While dual-booting Windows and Linux, Linux sets the system time to UTC, so Windows thinks it's midnight near mid-morning. Is there any other way to tell Windows to use UTC? I've seen the registry tweak proposed here and other places. This does not work on my computer (Windows 7 32-bit). For refere…

Error Output

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation]
"RealTimeIsUniversal"=dword:00000001

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Fix for: Set Windows to use system clock as UTC

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Linux usually uses a tool called to interface with the hardware clock. Depending on your distribution, you should be able to modify the system startup scripts to make reread and store the time using current system timezone. In Ubuntu, you can enable…

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