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How do i force a time AND time zone change?

I need to set the time and the time zone on all my windows clients connected to my server 2008 AD Domain.

I tried the classic "net time \\server_name / set /y"

but this does not seem to work.

So anyone who knows how to force a time and set the time zone please help.
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If you are running a domain then your time services will be updated through the domain.

You can force time update by running w32tm /resync /rediscover
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Interesting you should say that.... It does not work!

I triple checked that all of that was as it should be, yet somehow they workstations did not synchronize with the server (where I am time change was 2 days ago).

So how do I make sure that the time zone on all my clients is set to the-one-that-i-want?
So no the, Dariusg?
dang it, was supposed to say "no then"...

I found those pages by myself, but as most of them talk about server 2003 i tend to skim through them. Seems to me that there ISN'T any GPO that will fix it.
So, no  there is not one GPO that will fix the issue there are scripts but not a GPO
yeah, but scripts never works with stuff like this. I rather just do it manually instead of trying to 'auto' change the registry with a scrip.

Thanks for helping...
Not a problem but a registry fix through a GPO does work I have done it myself with time zone without issues
You can do so by just setting NTP settings in GPO.
To do so, open the GPO applied to the OU and go to following path:

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Windows Time Service\Time Providers

Make necessary settings.

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@Dariusg
Yeah, I know they work... eventually... I'm just not a master at it, and with a mixed environment it just feels like i could do more damage than good playing with fire.

@vjpatel
Yes, but NTP does not set the timezone. Everyone has the right time, it is the timezone that is my problem at this stage.

@sabk
Thanks, will have a look at that post...
Again there is not a way to set through GPO unless you go through the registry setting this is a very easy GPO not hard at all.

You just need to change one computers time zone export the key then deploy the reg key through a GPO then all is done
@Darius
please tell me how you: make a change and export the key change?
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ah, i thought you had some magic way to "export last registry change" hack...

As always Darius, thank you bunches...
No magic way you just have to right-click the key export
... yes, but you have to know what was changed where...
The key I posted is the key you must export that TimeZone changes within this key