Prevent System from Automatically Setting Time on Windows 8

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    The first thing that we need to do is access the "Control Panel"
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    One of the easiest ways to do this is to right-click on the Windows button in the lower left corner of the screen.
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    Then in the menu that appears, select "Control Panel"
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    When the "Control Panel" window opens, we need to click "Clock, Language, and Region"
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    In the "Clock, Language, and Region" menu, we need to click "Date and Time"
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    When the "Date and Time" window opens, we need to click the "Internet Time" tab
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    Under the "Internet Time" tab, click "Change settings"
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    In the "Internet Time Settings" box, we need to uncheck the "Synchronize with an Internet time server" option
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    Then click "OK" at the bottom
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    Now, we will have to set the time manually
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    We can close the "Date and Time" window by clicking "OK".
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    We can also close the "Control Panel" window by clicking on the "x" in the upper right-hand corner
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    This concludes our tutorial on how to prevent the system from automatically setting the time on Windows 8 computers
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Recent edits by: priya, Lukward Thomason

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