Setting Internet Time

I have a problem setting Internet Time on my PC. I have got a new Dell PC
running Vista. The O/S persistently has the time about 3 mintues behind.
The PC is always on, so it is not a battery issue. I've tried synchronising
with time.windows.com, time-nw.nist.gov, time.nist.gov, time-a.nist.gov and
time-b.nist.gov. On each occasion I get an error message saying: "An error
occured while Windows was synchronising with xxx.xxx.xxx"

I have an always on broadband internet connection, and I'm not getting any
errors on my firewall.

Any Ideas?

If you are using Vista Firewall Control the time will not sync. Other
firewalls do the same thing. The free firewall from ZoneAlarm does allow the
time to sync.

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"Kiwi7" <> wrote in message
news:3E6C4D0D-9671-4D8D-A0CB-...
>I have a problem setting Internet Time on my PC. I have got a new Dell PC
> running Vista. The O/S persistently has the time about 3 mintues behind.
> The PC is always on, so it is not a battery issue. I've tried
> synchronising
> with time.windows.com, time-nw.nist.gov, time.nist.gov, time-a.nist.gov
> and
> time-b.nist.gov. On each occasion I get an error message saying: "An
> error
> occured while Windows was synchronising with xxx.xxx.xxx"
>
> I have an always on broadband internet connection, and I'm not getting any
> errors on my firewall.
>
> Any Ideas?

Kiwi7 [Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:14:01 -0700] wrote:

>I have a problem setting Internet Time on my PC. I have got a new Dell PC
>running Vista. The O/S persistently has the time about 3 mintues behind.
>The PC is always on, so it is not a battery issue. I've tried synchronising
>with time.windows.com, time-nw.nist.gov, time.nist.gov, time-a.nist.gov and
>time-b.nist.gov. On each occasion I get an error message saying: "An error
>occured while Windows was synchronising with xxx.xxx.xxx"
>
>I have an always on broadband internet connection, and I'm not getting any
>errors on my firewall.
>
>Any Ideas?

Make sure that port 123 (NTP) is open on your firewall.

Marco

Kiwi7;376827 Wrote:
> I have a problem setting Internet Time on my PC. I have got a new Dell
> PC
> running Vista. The O/S persistently has the time about 3 mintues
> behind.
> The PC is always on, so it is not a battery issue. I've tried
> synchronising
> with time.windows.com, time-nw.nist.gov, time.nist.gov, time-a.nist.gov
> and
> time-b.nist.gov. On each occasion I get an error message saying: "An
> error
> occured while Windows was synchronising with xxx.xxx.xxx"
>
> I have an always on broadband internet connection, and I'm not getting
> any
> errors on my firewall.
>
> Any Ideas?

Hi Kiwi7,

Did you try click the "Update Now" buttom a few times on each one.
Sometimes it just takes a few times. See link below for more details:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/73...ion.html?ltr=I

I use Windows Firewall and have no problems with synchronizing with
iternet time. You might check in "Services" to make sure that the
"Windows Time" service is set to "Automatic" and "Started".

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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"Kiwi7" <> wrote in message
news:3E6C4D0D-9671-4D8D-A0CB-...
>I have a problem setting Internet Time on my PC. I have got a new Dell PC
> running Vista. The O/S persistently has the time about 3 mintues behind.
> The PC is always on, so it is not a battery issue. I've tried
> synchronising
> with time.windows.com, time-nw.nist.gov, time.nist.gov, time-a.nist.gov
> and
> time-b.nist.gov. On each occasion I get an error message saying: "An
> error
> occured while Windows was synchronising with xxx.xxx.xxx"
>
> I have an always on broadband internet connection, and I'm not getting any
> errors on my firewall.
>
> Any Ideas?


UDP protocol, port 123 for the 'Windows Time' service is the way to go.

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Jon