Time Sychronization Problem

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I have 'Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server' checked
in 'Date and Time Properties' window. The date is correct and I am
running behind XP Home's firewall. Automatically adjust for Daylight
Savings is also checked. Yet, when I try to synchronize by clicking
Update, I get a message saying, "An error occured while Windows was
synchronizing with time.windows.com. The sample was rejected because:
The peer's stratum is less than the host's stratum."

BIOS shows the time and date correctly as does the clock on the task
bar.

I have looked at Help and Support for an answer and all the things
mentioned there seem to be in order. This problem appeared yesterday
with the switch to Daylight Savings.

Can someone help me figure out why automatic synchronization doesn't.

Thank you.

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Thank you, Carey. That did the trick albeit a little slower than is
normal with the Microsoft Time Server.

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> I just tried it and received the same error message. If you select
> the alternative "time.nist.gov" from the Server pull-down menu,
> your time should synchronize properly. The issue is apparently
> with the Microsoft Time Server.
>
>
>> I have 'Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server'
>> checked in 'Date and Time Properties' window. The date is correct
>> and I am running behind XP Home's firewall. Automatically adjust for
>> Daylight Savings is also checked. Yet, when I try to synchronize by
>> clicking Update, I get a message saying, "An error occured while
>> Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com. The sample was
>> rejected because: The peer's stratum is less than the host's
>> stratum."
>>
>> BIOS shows the time and date correctly as does the clock on the task
>> bar.
>>
>> I have looked at Help and Support for an answer and all the things
>> mentioned there seem to be in order. This problem appeared yesterday
>> with the switch to Daylight Savings.
>>
>> Can someone help me figure out why automatic synchronization doesn't.
>>
>> Thank you.