For the most part i thought i had disabled the time server facility
both via
disabling the service and removing the servers from the registry.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time\Start (4)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time\Parameters\NtpServer
(deleted - time.windows.gov,0x1 (default value))
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time\Parameters\Type
(deleted - NoSync (default value))
also
HKCU\Keyboard Layout\Preload\1 (deleted)
HKCU\Keyboard Layout\Preload\2 (deleted)
However while looking into the issue of the servers and how they get
written to the registry i
noticed a peculiar event.
Lets say i have all the above links checked and implemented.
Now go to the clock in the tool bar and go to the Internet Time tab.
Now click on the "Automatically synchronize with an Internet time
server" check box
Now Apply and Exit
Now go to the registry and lets look at the registry entries above
again and all of a sudden the service is started
and a new reference to the time server is written.
Now I can disable the clock from the taskbar of course however that
still leaves the potential
for the time server to be activated via script without the user
knowing.
My question is, is there a way to disable the "Automatically
synchronize with an Internet time server" check box
or alternatively to disable the Internet Time tab.
Policy process won't eliminate this completely if time service changed
via a script.
I have looked and can find no reference to this issue or how to
disable it in the registry, so any insight and
help into the potential to completely disable this facility would be
most welcome.