automatic internet time syncronization

[Josh]

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automatic internet time syncronization on my win-xp pro used to work very
well using a modem connection over the phone line.
recently I started using a WLAN wireless network connection (peer-to-peer)
(IEEE 802.11b) connected to another computer running on win2000 which is the
one connected to the internet (using an SMC EZ Card 10_100 (SMC1211TX). and
I get the following message: "An error occurred while Windows was
syncronizing with [name of server]". I tried other servers, and the same
happens.
or sometimes the message appears: "Windows has never attempted to syncronize
with an internet time server".
would appreciate some assistance.
--
Regards,

Josh

 

[Guest]

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In some cases the firewall will not allow you to connect to a time server or
in fact the server may be down. You can add as many time servers as you want
in the registry. In my case the servers are only available in the day time. I
assume this is to cut down on their expenses of keeping the server open 24
hrs a day. My XP only came with 2 servers available. time.nist.gov and
time.windows.com . You can do an internet search for time servers and locate
the ones nearest to you. The list will contain their addresses in the same
format as the two I gave you. All you need to do is copy and paste the new
ones into the registry. Go>start\run and type in regedit and click ok or hit
enter on your keyboard. Now navigate to the end of the following route by
clicking the + beside the entries in the following order.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/DateTime/Servers
Now click Servers to open it's keys in the right panel. You should see the
first two I gave you already there. Now you simply right click in a blank
area then go new>String Value and give it a number. If you already have 1 and
2 then give it the number 3 and so on. You can create as many as you like.
Then click a blank area to set the key. Then right click on the key and click
modify. In the lower line, paste the entry you copied from the list you got
during your internet search, or type in the address, then click a blank area
to set the value. Voila. You've just added a new time server to your list and
quite possibly done your first registry edit. Not so hard eh? {]:~)

 

[Josh]

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Thanks for this, but I already tried it all.

FYI this is the complete list of time servers on my machine:
time.windows.com; time.nist.gov; time-a.nist.gov; time-b.nist.gov;
time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov; time-b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov;
time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov; time.nist.gov; time-nw.nist.gov

I mean, is it possible that ALL 9 servers are down at the same time? (my
machine is connected to the net for 9 hours uninterrupted every day).
There's gotta be something else, don't you think? Especially because it used
to work with the modem connection. My firewall is off.

--
Regards,

Josh

"The Unknown P" <( mikisiw@msn.com )> wrote in message
news:17DFE899-D6B3-4204-890A-DBCED42E9582@microsoft.com...
> In some cases the firewall will not allow you to connect to a time server
or
> in fact the server may be down. You can add as many time servers as you
want
> in the registry. In my case the servers are only available in the day
time. I
> assume this is to cut down on their expenses of keeping the server open 24
> hrs a day. My XP only came with 2 servers available. time.nist.gov and
> time.windows.com . You can do an internet search for time servers and
locate
> the ones nearest to you. The list will contain their addresses in the same
> format as the two I gave you. All you need to do is copy and paste the new
> ones into the registry. Go>start\run and type in regedit and click ok or
hit
> enter on your keyboard. Now navigate to the end of the following route by
> clicking the + beside the entries in the following order.
>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/DateTime/Server
s
> Now click Servers to open it's keys in the right panel. You should see
the
> first two I gave you already there. Now you simply right click in a blank
> area then go new>String Value and give it a number. If you already have 1
and
> 2 then give it the number 3 and so on. You can create as many as you like.
> Then click a blank area to set the key. Then right click on the key and
click
> modify. In the lower line, paste the entry you copied from the list you
got
> during your internet search, or type in the address, then click a blank
area
> to set the value. Voila. You've just added a new time server to your list
and
> quite possibly done your first registry edit. Not so hard eh? {]:~)
>