Setting Internet Time

[Guest]

I have a problem setting Internet Time on my PC. I have got a new Dell PC
running Vista. The O/S persistently has the time about 3 mintues behind.
The PC is always on, so it is not a battery issue. I've tried synchronising
with time.windows.com, time-nw.nist.gov, time.nist.gov, time-a.nist.gov and
time-b.nist.gov. On each occasion I get an error message saying: "An error
occured while Windows was synchronising with xxx.xxx.xxx"

I have an always on broadband internet connection, and I'm not getting any
errors on my firewall.

Any Ideas?

 

[Richard Urban]

If you are using Vista Firewall Control the time will not sync. Other
firewalls do the same thing. The free firewall from ZoneAlarm does allow the
time to sync.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[Marco Desloovere]

I have a problem setting Internet Time on my PC. I have got a new Dell PC
running Vista. The O/S persistently has the time about 3 mintues behind.
The PC is always on, so it is not a battery issue. I've tried synchronising
with time.windows.com, time-nw.nist.gov, time.nist.gov, time-a.nist.gov and
time-b.nist.gov. On each occasion I get an error message saying: "An error
occured while Windows was synchronising with xxx.xxx.xxx"

I have an always on broadband internet connection, and I'm not getting any
errors on my firewall.

Any Ideas?

Make sure that port 123 (NTP) is open on your firewall.

Marco

 

[Jon]

I have a problem setting Internet Time on my PC. I have got a new Dell PC
running Vista. The O/S persistently has the time about 3 mintues behind.
The PC is always on, so it is not a battery issue. I've tried
synchronising
with time.windows.com, time-nw.nist.gov, time.nist.gov, time-a.nist.gov
and
time-b.nist.gov. On each occasion I get an error message saying: "An
error
occured while Windows was synchronising with xxx.xxx.xxx"

I have an always on broadband internet connection, and I'm not getting any
errors on my firewall.

Any Ideas?

UDP protocol, port 123 for the 'Windows Time' service is the way to go.