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Windows 10 Troubleshooting: Internet Clock is not updating

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Problem

The system time is not matching. The user is getting the following messages in Windows 10:

"An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with Time.windows.com..etc. .... the timeout period expired."

And then there is another pop-up message:

"The clock was most recently synchronized on (today's date & time)"

How To Fix

  1.  Make sure the date and time zone is set correctly.
  2. Check if the correct time is set in the BIOS.
  3. Press Windows key + R.
    1. Type services.msc in run window.
    2. From the Services window, find 'windows time' and double-click on it. It maintains date and time synchronization on all clients and servers in the network.
      1. If this service is stopped, date and time synchronization will be unavailable.
      2. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
    3. If service status is stopped, click Start and press OK.
  4. At the elevated command prompt (with Administrator privileges), type the following commands (without any quotes) followed by pressing the Enter key each time:
    1. Type "w32tm /debug /disable"
    2. Type "w32tm /unregister"
    3. Type "w32tm /register"
    4. Type "net start w32time"

You will get the following message: "The windows Time Service is starting. The windows time service was started successfully."