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Windows 11, Windows 10 Windows To Go (external SSD) wrong time
That happens because Windows 10 and Windows 11 are storing the hardware clock differently:
One is treating it as local time, the other as UTC.
When you swap between the two systems, the clock jumps by a few hours.
Fix (pick one):
In Windows 10/11, run regedit β go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation
β create a DWORD (32-bit) value called RealTimeIsUniversal and set it to 1.
(This makes Windows use UTC like Linux/macOS.)
Or just disable automatic time sync and set time manually, but thatβs less reliable.
π The registry tweak is the clean solution β then your clock will stay correct when switching between Windows 10 To Go and Windows 11.
Want me to give you the exact .reg file you can double-click to apply the fix directly?