Hi

Using Windows XP Pro SP2 with all patches.

I have recently realised that I can not synchronise the time anymore. When
I click on Update Now in the Date and TIme Properties/Internet Time I get
an error:

An error occurred while Windows was synchronising with time.nist.gov

This error also occurs for the standard time.windows.com server. I can ping
both of them with no problems.

Last time that I looked at this was around the time that the modified
daylight time patch was installed back in Feb I think, although I can't say
whether the two are related.

Time synchronisation works neither on my network at work (where I have no
idea what the firewall settings are) nor at home, where nothing has changed
in the NAT router setup.

Thanks.

Try changing it to time-a.nist.gov or time-b.nist.gov then update. Both work
good. Good Luck,

Joe

Kemco ITP

"Wigster" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Using Windows XP Pro SP2 with all patches.
>
> I have recently realised that I can not synchronise the time anymore. When
> I click on Update Now in the Date and TIme Properties/Internet Time I get
> an error:
>
> An error occurred while Windows was synchronising with time.nist.gov
>
> This error also occurs for the standard time.windows.com server. I can ping
> both of them with no problems.
>
> Last time that I looked at this was around the time that the modified
> daylight time patch was installed back in Feb I think, although I can't say
> whether the two are related.
>
> Time synchronisation works neither on my network at work (where I have no
> idea what the firewall settings are) nor at home, where nothing has changed
> in the NAT router setup.
>
> Thanks.
>

=?Utf-8?B?S2VtY28=?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:E8EBFB76-6116-4192-942F-(E-Mail Removed):

> Try changing it to time-a.nist.gov or time-b.nist.gov then update.
> Both work good. Good Luck,
>

Thanks, that worked.

Take a look at a program called "Tardis" at
http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/tardis.htm . It is shareware and is highly
configurable.

"Wigster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns99146C7CEE493feroxityyahoocouk@207.115.17.102...
> Hi
>
> Using Windows XP Pro SP2 with all patches.
>
> I have recently realised that I can not synchronise the time anymore. When
> I click on Update Now in the Date and TIme Properties/Internet Time I get
> an error:
>
> An error occurred while Windows was synchronising with time.nist.gov
>
> This error also occurs for the standard time.windows.com server. I can
> ping
> both of them with no problems.
>
> Last time that I looked at this was around the time that the modified
> daylight time patch was installed back in Feb I think, although I can't
> say
> whether the two are related.
>
> Time synchronisation works neither on my network at work (where I have no
> idea what the firewall settings are) nor at home, where nothing has
> changed
> in the NAT router setup.
>
> Thanks.

it is true that a number of shareware programs can update the time in
windows. Which is all to the shame of microsoft, because windows XP cannot
do so on its own. No, I have not tried every server known to man (there are
a lot of them out there). The point is that windows is supposed to work
with the servers it allows you to chose. (though I have tried to others
with no success). So the question is, will microsoft fix the thing or will
we have to upgrade to Vista just to know what time it is...


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"Ron P" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Take a look at a program called "Tardis" at
> http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/tardis.htm . It is shareware and is highly
> configurable.
>
> "Wigster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns99146C7CEE493feroxityyahoocouk@207.115.17.102...
>> Hi
>>
>> Using Windows XP Pro SP2 with all patches.
>>
>> I have recently realised that I can not synchronise the time anymore.
>> When
>> I click on Update Now in the Date and TIme Properties/Internet Time I get
>> an error:
>>
>> An error occurred while Windows was synchronising with time.nist.gov
>>
>> This error also occurs for the standard time.windows.com server. I can
>> ping
>> both of them with no problems.
>>
>> Last time that I looked at this was around the time that the modified
>> daylight time patch was installed back in Feb I think, although I can't
>> say
>> whether the two are related.
>>
>> Time synchronisation works neither on my network at work (where I have no
>> idea what the firewall settings are) nor at home, where nothing has
>> changed
>> in the NAT router setup.
>>
>> Thanks.
>