internet time synchronization

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Jeff@unknown.com - 29 May 2008 04:47 GMT

I've been trying to synchronize my XP SP2 clock via the internet and I keep
getting "An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with
time.nist.gov" or "time-nw.nist.gov". I suspect it might be Zone Alarm
firewall that might be blocking the process but am not sure what I should
tell ZA to allow. Of course it might not be ZA that is at fault.

Any suggestions?

Jeff

Reply to this Message

sgopus - 29 May 2008 05:14 GMT

Use atomic clock. available as freeware.
Not sure of what other issues could be causing your problem without more
detail.

> I've been trying to synchronize my XP SP2 clock via the internet and I keep
> getting "An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Jeff

Reply to this Message

sandy58 - 29 May 2008 08:39 GMT

On May 29, 4:47 am, "J...@unknown.com" <JeffMa...@orthohelp.com>
wrote:

> I've been trying to synchronize my XP SP2 clock via the internet and I keep
> getting "An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Jeff

Try both options with ZA. Keep the correct one. :-)

Reply to this Message

M.I.5¾ - 29 May 2008 13:43 GMT

> I've been trying to synchronize my XP SP2 clock via the internet and I
> keep
> getting "An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with
> time.nist.gov" or "time-nw.nist.gov". I suspect it might be Zone Alarm
> firewall that might be blocking the process but am not sure what I should
> tell ZA to allow. Of course it might not be ZA that is at fault.

It is nothing to do with Zonealarm. Most time server sites have changed the
format of the time information to match that required by Vista.

Change your time server to "time-a.nist.gov" and that should fix it.

Reply to this Message

Jeff@unknown.com - 29 May 2008 14:55 GMT

>> I've been trying to synchronize my XP SP2 clock via the internet and
>> I keep
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Vista.
> Change your time server to "time-a.nist.gov" and that should fix it.

You are correct. Thank you. That did it.

Is there a way to remove the other time servers I now have in the drop down
server list to avoid using them by accident in the future?

Jeff

Reply to this Message

M.I.5¾ - 30 May 2008 08:08 GMT

>>> I've been trying to synchronize my XP SP2 clock via the internet and
>>> I keep
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Is there a way to remove the other time servers I now have in the drop
> down server list to avoid using them by accident in the future?

Not that I know of.

Reply to this Message

Nightowl - 30 May 2008 16:20 GMT

"Jeff@unknown.com" <JeffMalka@orthohelp.com> wrote on Thu, 29 May 2008:

>Is there a way to remove the other time servers I now have in the drop down
>server list to avoid using them by accident in the future?

Hi Jeff

They are listed in the registry under:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]

Signature

Nightowl

Reply to this Message

Jeff@unknown.com - 31 May 2008 00:20 GMT

> "Jeff@unknown.com" <JeffMalka@orthohelp.com> wrote on Thu, 29 May
> 2008:
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> They are listed in the registry under:
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]

Thank you very much.

Jeff

Reply to this Message