Changing system date and time is very easy for every one, what he or she needs to do is just double clicking on the computer clock to open computer clock and change it. However, how to prevent others from changing system date and time? That is how to lock system date and time of a computer?
Sometimes, we need to disallow others from changing system date and time on our computer, for example, we need to prevent others from changing system date and time while a time critical application is running on our computer. So, is there a way to lock system date and time of a computer? In this article, we list two ways to lock system date and time. The first way is to lock system date and time by Windows group policy, the second way is to lock system date and time by a password-protected program. Windows group policy is a native feature of Windows operating system, if you intend to use this way you need not to install any other third party software, but others can easily change group policy too, it is not a good way to disallow others from changing system date and time. Only one who know the password can change system date and time by the second way, this is the best way to prevent others from chaning system date and time. Ok, let us learn these ways now.
1. Using Windows Group Policy To Lock System Date And Time
1) Open the Windows Control Panel and the Administrative Tools.
2) Click 'Local Security Policy'.
3) Click 'User Rights Assignments'.
4) Click 'Change System Time'.
5) Remove Power Users and all "extra" Admin. and or other users. So only administrators can change the time but not any other kind of users.
As you can see, this is not a perfect way to lock the time setting with Windows operating system time, there is another better way to lock the time setting with Windows.
2. Lock System Date And Time By A Password-Protected Program
By this way, you need to install a third-party software, which is '
Isurveillancesoft Shutdown Timer', this program contains a unique clock locking feature that allows you to lock the date and time on the computer. After finished installation you can follow below steps to disable or enable change of time on Windows operating system.
1) Open the control window of
Isurveillancesoft Shutdown Timer software. It is necessary to enter a right password when you open the control window of the software, you can set a custom password or use the default password when you first launch the software.
2) Click 'Setting' tag to open 'Setting' page of the software.
3) Tick 'Forbid Setting System Time' check box to lock the time setting.
4) Untick 'Forbid Setting System Time' check box to unlock the time setting.
