slow clock

  • Thread starter Thread starter avalonx
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Can anyone tell me why clock runs slow despite synchronising ?
Thank for any help.

Same here. Brand new (few month old MB) and the system clock loses 3
minutes a month no matter what I do.
 
I believe that there is a time clock you can connect to that works out the
error between successive synchronizations and applies a continuous
correction to the clock so that it becomes accurate. Only trouble is that I
can't remember its name. I think one had to install it as a server? Anyway a
Google search might find it. It claimed (if memory serves) to be the most
accurate way to keep all the PCs on a network in sync in circumstances where
small time differences could do damage.

Ah - I have it:
http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm

Another thing to do is to shorten the time interval for synchronization from
the weekly default (every 604800 seconds) to daily (86400 seconds)

to do this go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient\SpecialPollInterval\

and change it from 604800 to (decimal) 86400 seconds.

see for example at the foot of:

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/

You could even resync hourly!
Doug
 
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