My Notepad won't synchronise its clock with an Internet ti..

[ChrisC]

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My Notepad won't synchronise its clock with an Internet time server i.e.
time-nist.gov. Every time I press 'Update Now' it says 'An error occurred
getting the status of the last synchronisation. The RPC server is
unavailable.'

This notepad is a Dell Centrino and has a wireless network connection to my
main PC. That has no problems updating the time despite the fact that there
is a firewall in the Netgear box, and it runs ZoneAlarm Pro.

But the laptop won't connect with the RPC server nor will it synchronise
with the main PC. I have been through all of the suggested command prompts
on: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307897

When I type 'w32tm /resync' it still says the RPC server is unavailable
(even when the main PC is on and I have just updated the time on it)

When I type 'w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlisteerlist'
and substitute 'time-nist.gov' for the word 'peerlist' it says: time-nist.gov
is unknown.

When I type 'net start w32time' it says the service name is invalid.

So basically no matter what I try it won't update the time because my
commands are either invalid or the RPC server isn't available when it seems
to be for the PC.

Although I have tried turning off the WinXP firewall on the notepad as a
'potential fix' it never shows that it is 'off'. So I don't know if its on or
off.

 

[Neil]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Have you tried "time.windows.com" and have you checked that the RPC services
are running.

Neil

"chrisc" <chrisc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0480B7F9-07AE-4B3F-9103-859A1F6CFBD3@microsoft.com...
> My Notepad won't synchronise its clock with an Internet time server i.e.
> time-nist.gov. Every time I press 'Update Now' it says 'An error occurred
> getting the status of the last synchronisation. The RPC server is
> unavailable.'
>
> This notepad is a Dell Centrino and has a wireless network connection to
> my
> main PC. That has no problems updating the time despite the fact that
> there
> is a firewall in the Netgear box, and it runs ZoneAlarm Pro.
>
> But the laptop won't connect with the RPC server nor will it synchronise
> with the main PC. I have been through all of the suggested command prompts
> on: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307897
>
> When I type 'w32tm /resync' it still says the RPC server is unavailable
> (even when the main PC is on and I have just updated the time on it)
>
> When I type 'w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlisteerlist'
> and substitute 'time-nist.gov' for the word 'peerlist' it says:
> time-nist.gov
> is unknown.
>
> When I type 'net start w32time' it says the service name is invalid.
>
> So basically no matter what I try it won't update the time because my
> commands are either invalid or the RPC server isn't available when it
> seems
> to be for the PC.
>
> Although I have tried turning off the WinXP firewall on the notepad as a
> 'potential fix' it never shows that it is 'off'. So I don't know if its on
> or
> off.