NTP syncronization on Vista?

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How do I setup vista to sync its time to an internet NTP server? I must be
blind: unlike previous versions of Windows, I don't see any options for that
anywhere ...
 
It is setup to sync automatically, once a week.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
 
"RH Time"? I can get an enlarged clock. I click the change date and time,
but there is no internet time tab: Only an additional clocks tab.

By the way, this is Vista Business, if that matters.
 
Click on the bottom RH Time......when the enlarged clock opens...click on
the text

"Change Date & Time Settings..."

Then when this dialog box opens...click on

'Internet Time' tab.

Mine will not work no matter what server I set for this....hope you have
better luck.

Cheers

FG
 
P5-133XL

Go to 'Date & Time'
Should be 3 tabs.
Choose 'Internet Time'
Click 'change settings'.

Enterprise is similar to Business and that's
how it's done.

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Also, Richard is correct. It automatically
syncs weekly, however, you can change the
time server and you can also turn it off.
(NOT AT ALL ADVISABLE THOUGH as Vista
likes to have the correct date & time)
 
OK, I believe you, but to what server?
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time.windows.com what else? ;-)
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"RH Time"? I can get an enlarged clock. I click the change date and time,
but there is no internet time tab: Only an additional clocks tab.

By the way, this is Vista Business, if that matters.
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Start--Search: "Date and Time". Internet Time-->Change Settings

The default server is time.windows.com. However there are other
options in the dropdown list and if you know of one that's not there
that you prefer you can just plug it in.

Regardless of server, Windows only checks once a week (whereas the
default settings in some Linux distribution I've used check daily
and/or at every boot).

You can change the Windows default to a different duration if you want
but it requires a registry hack (I don't recall what that is, but I'm
sure Google can point you in the right direction).
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
NOTICE: In-Newsgroup (and therefore off-topic) comments on my sig will
be cheerfully ignored, so don't waste our time.
 
Bottom RH (Right Hand) Time of the screen where your clock usually resides.

This should open a larger clock and calendar...at the bottom of that it
should say

"Change Date & Time Settings..."

Click on this text.

It should then open a dialog box with 3 Tabs.....one being Internet Time.

Click on this and "Change Settings"

Ensure the box is checked where its says

"Synchronize with an Internet Time Server" and you can either keep the
default server or pick one of the others listed there.
 
P5-133XL said:
How do I setup vista to sync its time to an internet NTP server? I must
be
blind: unlike previous versions of Windows, I don't see any options for
that
anywhere ...
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Is the computer joined to a domain? If it is this option may not be
available as it is syncing to the time server for the domain.
 
Right click on the clock in the notification area. Then, Adjust Date and
Time | Internet Time | Change Settings. Allow the UAC (User Account Control)
elevation when you receive it.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
 
I found this reply I wrote on 10/28/2001. It is still applicable to, and
works just fine with Vista. I have added what may help for Vista:


"Windows XP, as loaded, automatically updates the system time every 7 days
from one of two time (more choices available in Vista) servers. This
interval can be changed as follows:

Go to Start. Type run in the search box.

In the search box type regedit.

Using regedit, search (press ctrl/F) for "specialpollinterval" without the
quotes.

Double click on the key in the right screen.

Click on decimal.

You will see that the decimal value is 604800, the number of seconds in 7
days.

Highlight the number to edit this decimal value to any value you desire,
remembering that there are
86400 seconds in one day, 3600 seconds in an hour.

Click OK

Press F3 to find the next instance of the same key

Do the above for each instance of the value "specialpollinterval".

When you get to the end of the registry, close the window.

Reboot system.

You have now changed the polling interval of when your computer will update
it's internal clock with that of the internet time server.

Cheers!!!"


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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
 
Then the time server is normally set to the PDC emulator in the domain. It
can be changed by group policy. If you sync your computer to a different
source and it becomes out of sync with the domain by more than +/- 5 minutes
you may have problems logging on to the domain and/or accessing domain
resources.
 
I first posted this 10/28/2001 for Windows XP. It is still applicable to,
and
works just fine with Vista. I have added what may help for Vista:


"Windows XP, as loaded, automatically updates the system time every 7 days
from one of two time (more choices available in Vista) servers. This
interval can be changed as follows:

Go to Start. Type run in the search box.

In the search box type regedit.

Using regedit, search (press ctrl + F) without the + for
"specialpollinterval" without the quotes.

Double click on the key in the right screen.

Click on decimal.

You will see that the decimal value is 604800, the number of seconds in 7
days.

Highlight the number to edit this decimal value to any value you desire,
remembering that there are
86400 seconds in one day, 3600 seconds in an hour.

Click OK

Press F3 to find the next instance of the same key

Do the above for each instance of the value "specialpollinterval".

When you get to the end of the registry, close the window.

Reboot system.

You have now changed the polling interval of when your computer will update
it's internal clock with that of the internet time server.

Cheers!!!"


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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
 
I made the change and the time interver now shows the next day instead of 7
days. One question. My xp machine syncs every day but shows 86400 seconds for
the specialpollinterval but the next line - specialpolltimeremaining is
different than the vista laptop. i.e. time-nw.nist-gov, 7a42b62 for the vista
machine, whereas the xp machine has time.nist.gov,0. I understand I have two
different time references it is the last digits that are different. e.g. the
vista has 7a42b62 and the xp machine has a 0. I just would like the vista
machine to sync the clock the same as the desktop.
Thank you for your time and thoughts.
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dmm.sr1 said:
Thank you very much for the information. I will give it a go.
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