time server

[larry jordan]

Hello

When i go to Date and Time Properties in my Control Panel on the Internet
time tab it always reads "An error occurred while Windows was syncronizing
with time.windows.com" and when i click the update now button it comes back
with the same error , it does it when i try "time.nist.gov" to. Can you
fine folks help me out with this or is it something a novice user should not
fool with?
Thanks
larry

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

Use another time server, that's what I did ages ago when receiving too many errors -

A list of the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) time servers that are available on the
Internet
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262680

Just type in the combo listbox.
No registry editing.


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| Hello
|
| When i go to Date and Time Properties in my Control Panel on the Internet
| time tab it always reads "An error occurred while Windows was syncronizing
| with time.windows.com" and when i click the update now button it comes back
| with the same error , it does it when i try "time.nist.gov" to. Can you
| fine folks help me out with this or is it something a novice user should not
| fool with?
| Thanks
| larry
|
|

 

[George Hester]

Also if your computer keeps good time there is really no reason to use a
time server although it is a cool thing to use. You can also use your own
computer as its time server and the way to do that is this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
Value Name: LocalNTP
Data Type: REG_WORD
Value: 1

Using regedit.

Set this to Value 0 if you want to use a time server.