I noticed that the time was off by a few minutes on this computer. I
have it set to automatically synchronize on the internet, but it
obviously hasn't been working for a while. If I tell it to "update
now" with time.nist.gov or time.windows.com, it gives an error
message. On another computer, those same two also give errors, but it
has a third choice - time-a.nist.gov - which does work (usually). This
computer has WP Media Center SP2, the other has XP home SP2. Both have
all updates.

Is there a way to get the "internet time" to work? (If this computer
had the time-a.nist.gov, it would probably work.)
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On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:01:17 -0400, Jud McCranie
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>I noticed that the time was off by a few minutes on this computer.

PS, I doubt this matters, but the one that has the third choice for
the time website came with SP1 and was upgraded to SP2. The one with
only two choices (neither of which work) came with XP Media Center
SP2.
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On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:01:17 -0400, Jud McCranie
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>I noticed that the time was off by a few minutes on this computer. I
>have it set to automatically synchronize on the internet, but it
>obviously hasn't been working for a while. If I tell it to "update
>now" with time.nist.gov or time.windows.com, it gives an error
>message. On another computer, those same two also give errors, but it
>has a third choice - time-a.nist.gov - which does work (usually). This
>computer has WP Media Center SP2, the other has XP home SP2. Both have
>all updates.
>
>Is there a way to get the "internet time" to work? (If this computer
>had the time-a.nist.gov, it would probably work.)


There are *many* time servers available, and you can use any of them
you want. If time-a.nist.gov isn't shown, just type it in.

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On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:33:19 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
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>There are *many* time servers available, and you can use any of them
>you want. If time-a.nist.gov isn't shown, just type it in.

OK, I wasn't aware that I could type it in there. I typed in
time-a.nist.gov and time-b.nist.gov - the second one worked. And I
clicked "apply" and it saved it. Thanks.
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On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:43:40 -0400, Jud McCranie
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>On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:33:19 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>There are *many* time servers available, and you can use any of them
>>you want. If time-a.nist.gov isn't shown, just type it in.
>
>OK, I wasn't aware that I could type it in there. I typed in
>time-a.nist.gov and time-b.nist.gov - the second one worked. And I
>clicked "apply" and it saved it. Thanks.


You're welcome. Glad to help.

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Jud McCranie wrote:
>
> I noticed that the time was off by a few minutes on this computer. I
> have it set to automatically synchronize on the internet, but it
> obviously hasn't been working for a while. If I tell it to "update

http://www.bootdisk.com/housecall/010.htm#8

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Jud McCranie wrote:
> I noticed that the time was off by a few minutes on this computer. I
> have it set to automatically synchronize on the internet, but it
> obviously hasn't been working for a while. If I tell it to "update
> now" with time.nist.gov or time.windows.com, it gives an error
> message. On another computer, those same two also give errors, but it
> has a third choice - time-a.nist.gov - which does work (usually). This
> computer has WP Media Center SP2, the other has XP home SP2. Both have
> all updates.
>
> Is there a way to get the "internet time" to work? (If this computer
> had the time-a.nist.gov, it would probably work.)

This has been hashed over several times.

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...693d77d9b13829



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