Jeff@unknown.com

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

sgopus

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

"Jeff@unknown.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
> 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
>
>
>
>

sandy58

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
> 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

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

M.I.5¾

"Jeff@unknown.com" <JeffMalka@orthohelp.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

Jeff@unknown.com

> "Jeff@unknown.com" <JeffMalka@orthohelp.com> wrote in message
> news:uQO5E7TwIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> 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.

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

M.I.5¾

"Jeff@unknown.com" <JeffMalka@orthohelp.com> wrote in message
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>> "Jeff@unknown.com" <JeffMalka@orthohelp.com> wrote in message
>> news:uQO5E7TwIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> 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.
>
> 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?
>

Not that I know of.

Nightowl

"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\Curr entVersion\DateTime\Servers]

--
Nightowl

Jeff@unknown.com

Nightowl wrote:
> "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\Curr entVersion\DateTime\Servers]

Thank you very much.

Jeff