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Another way to sync time is by using Command Prompt. Search for it in the Start menu and right-click to open with admin rights. When it opens, you will give the below command and hit Enter. Net stop w32time w32tm /unregister w32tm /register net start w32time w32tm /resync. This command will force Windows 10 to sync time from its servers. Sync is a file transfer app with full sync, backup and restore for local, external or cloud storage. NOTE: Local drive is free while Removable drives and Cloud storage. With its synced settings option, Windows 10 allows owners of multiple devices to keep their system preferences in harmony. This way, you don't need to spend time with the repetitive work of.

OneDrive in Windows 10

OneDrive is a free and convenient cloud storage devices embedded in Windows 10. Nowadays, more and more people would like to sync Windows 10 toOneDrive because of its prominent advantages.

Once you save files on it, you are able to get them from any PC, phone, or tablet. Also, youcan use the files anytime, even when there is no Internet connection. Also, it is a good wayto share files with others. Besides sharing files and data transfer, it also can be used asa backup plan. If any bad thing happens, you can recover files from OneDrive.

To help you make it, here in this guide, we will tell you how to sync OneDrive in Windows 10stey by step. Then you can access files anywhere. In addition, you will also get an easierway that can let you set automatic backup to OneDrive in Windows 10. Here we go.

Part 1. How to sync OneDrive in Windows 10

OneDrive is very simple to use. There is a OneDrive folder comes with OneDrive, you just needto drag and drop what you want to sync to this folder. This is the easiest way. When youneed to sync all files and folders or batch selective sync, you can also set it up. Let’ssee how to use OneDrive in Windows 10.

Set up One Drive

1. Click Start and search for “OneDrive”, and then open it.

2. Enter your account and password to sign in.

Choose which folders to sync

When you first set up your Windows 10 system, you will be given the choice of which folderswill be synced.

You can also change the settings later, find the OneDrive icon in the notification area inthe lower right corner, right-click the icon and select Settings. Now, youare at Microsoft OneDrive Account, click “choose folders”.

• Tip:

There’s a feature that lets you backup your files in the Desktop, Documents, and Picturesfolders to OneDrve, then they’re protected and available on other devices. If you turn iton, OneDrive will automatically keep these folders in sync.

1. Right-click the OneDrive icon and select Settings.

2. Go to Backup tab and click Manage Backup.

3. Finally, click Start Backup to make it.

Upload files to OneDrive

If you want to add files to OneDrive, you can drag and drop/copy and paste the content intothe OneDrive folder. To access OneDrive folder, open This PC > findOneDrive in the left pane and click to open it.

Fix OneDrive sync problem in Windows 10

Sometimes, you may meet Windows 10 OneDrive syncproblems: you cannot sync files between your computer and OneDrive; OneDrive does notsync all files; OneDrive sync is slow and other OneDrive sync problems. You can try thefollowing tips.

1. Check if your Internet is connected.

2. Verify if you have permissions to the file or folder you are trying to add.

3. Check if there are files and folders with the same name in the same location.

4. Any files that are over the 10GB will not be synced. Reduce the size of any files that areover the limit.

If the above methods cannot help you solve the Windows 10 OneDrive syncproblem, you can refer to the next part to learn a quick way to sync Windows 10 to OneDrive.

Part 2. Easier way to auto sync OneDrive in Windows 10

In order to have a better and more successful experience in synchronization, you can also trya free OneDrive sync tool – AOMEIBackupper Standard. It is one of the best backup and sync software.

• You can either sync files and folders or backup Windows 10 to OneDrive. With this software, you are free from the 10GB size limit.

• The best part of this tool is that you can sync Windows 10 with OneDriveautomatically: daily/weekly/monthly. Every time there is newly added files, you do nothave to sync again. Also, you can even sync opening files.

Besides Windows 10, this software also supports Windows 8/7/XP/Visa. To sync the file toOneDrive in Windows 10, you have to download a OneDrive app and sign up a Microsoftaccount.

Let’s see how to automatically sync Windows 10/8/7 to OneDrive.

Step 1. Download AOMEI Backupper Standard and run this software.

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Step 2. Click Sync and select Basic Sync.

Note: The Real-time syncoption will to immediately synchronize the files when the tool detects all kinds of changesmade in the source folder. You can upgradeto higher version to enjoy the feature.

Step 3. Click Add Folder to select the folders you want to sync.

Tips: You can click Filter Settings to include or exclude certain types of files. However, this feature is only available in the paid version. You can upgrade to the Professional version if needed.

Step 4. Click the drop-down menu and choose Select a cloud drive. Thenselect OneDrive as destination path, and click OK to confirm.

Step 5. Click Schedule to set up automatically sync Windows 10 withOneDrive. By default, it will run the missed sync at the next system startup.

Step 6. After all these have set up, click Start Sync.

Tips: you can also click Options to write a unique commentso that you can find it easily. You can also tick Enable email notification to notify youonce the task is finished.

Conclusion

Now you how to sync OneDrive in Windows 10. As you can see that AOMEI Backupper is aconvenient way to automatic backup Windows 10 to OneDrive. Once you set up the file sync,you can just leave it alone and it will automatically sync files for you.

Besides, it offers various other backup options to protect your computer. You can setschedule automatic backup task to backup your system, file, disk, and partition. In thisway, when something goes wrong, you can restore yourcomputer to earlier date that works well and also find the lost data as soon aspossible.

The Server edition of AOMEI Backupper allows you to syncWindows Server with OneDrive. It also has many other powerful features. You can backupsystem, disk, partition, file, and folder and restore them when necessary.

Q. I have three Windows 10 computers, one at the office, one at home, and a traveling laptop. Is it possible to sync all these computers together so I don't have to constantly edit settings or transfer data files back and forth?

A. Windows 10 allows you to sync your Windows settings and data files across multiple computers so that changes made on one computer automatically update all your computers. Let's look at two solutions.

Syncing settings: To sync your Windows settings, on your primary Windows 10 computer search for Settings, and from the Settings window select Accounts, Sync your settings to display the dialog box pictured at right, and then set all of the items you wish to sync to the On position.

When Sync Settings is turned on, Windows automatically syncs the settings you choose across all your Windows 10 desktops and laptops that you sign in to using your same Microsoft account. A listing of most of the Windows setting categories along with example settings that can be synced across your computers is shown below in the chart 'Windows Settings You Can Sync in Windows 10.'

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Account: Your Microsoft account picture.

Command prompt: Your command prompt defaults, such as its size, position, and transparency.

Passwords: Your computer’s saved passwords, for example, to your OneDrive, Google, or Dropbox accounts. (Technically, it is more accurate to say that your Windows 10 Credential Locker, which contains your passwords, is synced across your computers.)

Date, time, and region settings: Settings for internet time, 24-hour clock, daylight saving time, country/region, first day of week, region format (locale), short date, long date, short time, and long time.

Desktop settings: Your desktop theme (background, system color, default system sounds, screensaver), slideshow wallpaper, and taskbar settings (such as icon positions and autohide).

Microsoft Edge browser settings: Your reading list, Favorites, top sites, Favorites bar settings, the Home button, block pop-up settings, cookie preferences, screen reader settings, and more.

Internet Explorer: Open tabs, reading lists, browsing history, Favorites, excluded URLs, homepages, and domain suggestions.

Keyboard settings: Settings for on-screen keyboard, sticky keys, filter keys, and toggle keys.

Language settings: Domain language, predictive typing, custom words, language profile, spellcheck, autocorrect, and highlight misspellings.

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Magnifier and mouse settings: Tracking, mouse cursor following, mouse cursor size, and mouse cursor color.

Narrator settings: Quick launch settings, Narrator speaking pitch, reading hints, hear typed characters, hear typed words, visual highlighting, and play audio cues.

Typing settings: Blinking cursor thickness, background images, spelling dictionary, autocorrect misspelled words, highlight misspelled words, show text suggestions as I type, add a period after double-tapping the Shift key, and play key sounds as I type.

Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi profiles (only WPA-protected profiles).

Syncing your data files: Next, you will want to sync your data folder and files across all your PCs as well. Microsoft's solution for doing this is to save your data files to your cloud-based Microsoft OneDrive account, which is included with Windows 10. (Before you start screaming that you don't want to retrieve your data files from the cloud, hear me out.) The folders and files you save to your OneDrive account in the cloud can be automatically copied and saved to all your Windows 10 PCs. This approach may sound confusing, but it isn't. That's because Microsoft OneDrive manages all data file copies for you automatically and presents them to you as a single view from each PC you use. The result is that it always feels as if you are launching and saving your files from your cloud-based OneDrive account, even though those files are actually launching and saving from your local computer(s). To the end user, it appears as if you are working with only one copy of your data, even though there are physically four separate copies (in this example) in the cloud and on all your computers. To help you better understand, consider the following example:

You create the Excel file called Budget.xlsxand save it to your cloud-based OneDrive account. Automatically, that file is then copied and synced to all three of your PCs as well, so there are physically four copies of that file (one on your OneDrive and copies on each of your three computers). You use your traveling laptop to open this file in a place where you have no internet access. In this case, even without internet access, your laptop displays the contents of your OneDrive account and allows you to open the Budget.xlsx file. How is this possible since the files reside in the cloud? The magic in Microsoft's OneDrive tool is that while it appears to open the file from the cloud, it actually opens the Budget.xlsx file from a synced copy of your OneDrive data stored on your traveling laptop. This allows you to open, edit, and save the file, even without internet access. When you save the file, it saves the revised file to your traveling laptop and when you later reconnect your traveling laptop to the internet, OneDrive automatically resyncs that revised Budget.xlsx file back to the cloud and then to your other connected PCs. To the user, this syncing process is completely seamless.

OneDrive's approach of managing multiple synced copies of all your data files has (at least) three important benefits:

• This approach allows you to access and work on your data files even when you don't have access to the internet.
• Files retrieved from your computer open and save much faster than when those same files are opened and saved from/to the cloud, especially when slow internet access speeds are involved.
• All your data files are seamlessly synced and maintained across all your computers and presented to you as a single OneDrive window to avoid the normal confusion one would have from managing four separate copies of each of their files.

The OneDrive solution consists of two parts — a cloud-based OneDrive account and a OneDrive desktop app. Your primary OneDrive account is maintained in the cloud, while the OneDrive desktop app comes preinstalled on all Windows 10 computers. You must activate both parts to fully exploit the OneDrive solution. Your cloud-based OneDrive account was most likely set up automatically when you set up Windows 10 on your computer(s), but your OneDrive desktop app(s) may not yet be activated. To determine if your OneDrive desktop app is running and ready for use (activated), from the Windows 10 desktop, in the System Tray located in the bottom right corner of the Windows Desktop, click the up-arrow icon (or caret icon) as circled in red below, and then hover over the OneDrive icon. If your OneDrive Desktop app is not set up, you will see the notification OneDrive Not signed in (as pictured below to the left). If OneDrive is set up, then you will see the notification OneDrive Up to date (as pictured below to the right).

If necessary, to activate your OneDrive Desktop app, left-click the OneDrive icon to launch the Welcome to OneDrive screen (as pictured below), click the Get started button in the lower-right corner, and then log in using your Microsoft username and password. Your OneDrive Desktop app will then be activated and will appear in your File Explorerwindow, as pictured below. Repeat this process to set up the OneDrive Desktop app for all your computers. Thereafter, each time you save or edit a file, that file will be automatically synced across your cloud-based OneDrive account as well as all your other Windows 10 PCs.

Your OneDrive Desktop app will appear as a normal folder on your computer. Next month I'll discuss seven important features of OneDrive to help you better understand this solution and get the most out of this tool.

About the author

J. Carlton Collins, CPA, (carlton@asaresearch.com) is a technology consultant, a conference presenter, and a JofA contributing editor.

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