Can't sync time

[Raisincain]

Hello!

About a week ago I replaced the battery on my motherboard. Everything works
great except for my clock, which can no longer sync itself. Ivery time I try
to synch, I get the message "An error occured getting the status of the
latest synchronization. The RCP server is unavailable". I get this error in
spite of the fact that I have used several different servers. Any idea how
to fix?

Thanks,
Brad in Dallas

 

[Ken Triebold]

You could look at my thread in this newsgroup dated yesterday 1/22/08 titled
"Automatically Synchronize Clock". There are several good suggestions there.

 

[Raisincain]

Thanks Ken. I read your post and the replies earlier today but no luck with
the suggestions.

I used Dimension 4 years ago but really don't want to install yet another
software program since this one should work.

Thanks again for the suggestion!

 

[Bob I]

Try setting it correctly in the BIOS once and then see if it works
correctly after that.

 

[Raisincain]

Thanks for the suggestion Bob. I have already tried that but still no luck.
I think that the problem resides in the "An error occured getting the status
of the latest synchronization" part of the error I am getting but I don't
know what to do about it. I am writing this from another computer, which is
on the same network and has no problem getting the update, so I know its not
my network or the server. Hopefully someone will be along soon to shed some
light on this.

Thanks again,
Brad in Dallas

 

[Bob I]

Perhaps port 123 isn't open?

SNTP defaults to using User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port 123. If this
port is not open to the Internet, you cannot synchronize your server to
Internet SNTP servers.

 

[Raisincain]

Hey Bob, how would I go about checking\changing that? Thanks!

 

[Bob I]

What firewall are you running on the PC in question.

 

[Nightowl]

About a week ago I replaced the battery on my motherboard. Everything works
great except for my clock, which can no longer sync itself. Ivery time I try
to synch, I get the message "An error occured getting the status of the
latest synchronization. The RCP server is unavailable". I get this error in
spite of the fact that I have used several different servers. Any idea how
to fix?

Hi Brad

Try unregistering and then re-registering the Windows Time service; this
often fixes a stubborn glitch.

Go to Start | Run and type cmd <OK> to open a Command prompt.

Now type the following commands:

net stop W32Time <Enter>

w32tm /unregister <Enter>

w32tm /register <Enter>

net start W32Time <Enter>

Now try synchronising again and see if anything's changed.

Hope this helps, let us know how it goes

 

[Raisincain]

Nightowl; great suggestion! I followed your suggestion to the letter and all
is now well in the time-sync universe. Thank you so much for the great
suggestion and the idiot-proof instructions!

Regards,
Brad in Dallas

 

[Nightowl]

Nightowl; great suggestion! I followed your suggestion to the letter and all
is now well in the time-sync universe. Thank you so much for the great
suggestion and the idiot-proof instructions!

That's great, Brad, I'm really glad it worked for you and you're very
welcome! Thanks for posting back and letting us know.

 

[Plato]

About a week ago I replaced the battery on my motherboard. Everything works
great except for my clock, which can no longer sync itself. Ivery time I try
to synch, I get the message "An error occured getting the status of the
latest synchronization. The RCP server is unavailable". I get this error in
spite of the fact that I have used several different servers. Any idea how
to fix?

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