# Windows 7 not updating time-- a fix

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/windows-7-not-updating-time-a-fix/10373>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [August 19, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/windows-7-not-updating-time-a-fix/10373 "2015-08-19T21:41:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/windows-7-not-updating-time-a-fix/10373/1 "2015-08-19T21:41:06Z")

</div>

The problem: Windows 7 can’t update the clock through “Internet time”. This caused my OPC connection issues discussed [here](https://inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=52234#p52234).

This registry ‘hack’ will add the U.S. pools from [ntp.org](http://ntp.org) into the server list, and put them at the top.

Feel free to edit the file to fit your portion of the world. Go to [http://www.pool.ntp.org](http://www.pool.ntp.org) to get available pools.  
[Win7 Update Time Server List.zip](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/e/e621b1e1e3a3ba9a22e1972af36e550759c1c967.zip) (456 Bytes)