Attn: Rock

Hi Rock,

You may remember that a while ago we had a conversation about Windows
Internet Time not synchronizing properly with time.nist.gov or
time.windows.com. Well, I believe that I finally found out what the problem
was. And since you took an interest in the problem, I thought I'd let you
know.

Have a look at Click here: http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm and read
"Starting on 14 April 2007 the server time.nist.gov will no longer respond to
requests for time in the TIME format (as defined in RFC-868)." at the bottom
of the page.

Interestingly, after I posted my criticism of MS, the time.windows.com was
repaired and now works properly.

Milt

"Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> Hi Rock,
>
> You may remember that a while ago we had a conversation about Windows
> Internet Time not synchronizing properly with time.nist.gov or
> time.windows.com. Well, I believe that I finally found out what the
> problem
> was. And since you took an interest in the problem, I thought I'd let you
> know.
>
> Have a look at Click here: http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm and read
> "Starting on 14 April 2007 the server time.nist.gov will no longer respond
> to
> requests for time in the TIME format (as defined in RFC-868)." at the
> bottom
> of the page.
>
> Interestingly, after I posted my criticism of MS, the time.windows.com was
> repaired and now works properly.

Thanks for the update Milt.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B16B5148-99C5-47F1-94C4-E3FF08CB83D9@microsoft.com...
> Hi Rock,
>
> You may remember that a while ago we had a conversation about Windows
> Internet Time not synchronizing properly with time.nist.gov or
> time.windows.com. Well, I believe that I finally found out what the
> problem
> was. And since you took an interest in the problem, I thought I'd let you
> know.
>
> Have a look at Click here: http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm and read
> "Starting on 14 April 2007 the server time.nist.gov will no longer respond
> to
> requests for time in the TIME format (as defined in RFC-868)." at the
> bottom
> of the page.
>
> Interestingly, after I posted my criticism of MS, the time.windows.com was
> repaired and now works properly.
>
> Milt
>

I went into the registry & searched for Internet Time and then added
132.163.4.102 to the time servers, and Windows syncs to it ok. It's one of
the servers that the freeware program 'Atomic Clock Sync' uses.
Don't change the registry unless you are an experienced user.
Regards Mike.

Thanks Mike,

I solved the problem by adding another time server too. But I posted the
problem so that Microsoft would be aware of it. They did seem to respond,
time.windows.com is now working. The page I referenced to Rock has a list of
all the NIST time servers.

Milt

"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" wrote:

> "Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B16B5148-99C5-47F1-94C4-E3FF08CB83D9@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Rock,
> >
> > You may remember that a while ago we had a conversation about Windows
> > Internet Time not synchronizing properly with time.nist.gov or
> > time.windows.com. Well, I believe that I finally found out what the
> > problem
> > was. And since you took an interest in the problem, I thought I'd let you
> > know.
> >
> > Have a look at Click here: http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm and read
> > "Starting on 14 April 2007 the server time.nist.gov will no longer respond
> > to
> > requests for time in the TIME format (as defined in RFC-868)." at the
> > bottom
> > of the page.
> >
> > Interestingly, after I posted my criticism of MS, the time.windows.com was
> > repaired and now works properly.
> >
> > Milt
> >
>
> I went into the registry & searched for Internet Time and then added
> 132.163.4.102 to the time servers, and Windows syncs to it ok. It's one of
> the servers that the freeware program 'Atomic Clock Sync' uses.
> Don't change the registry unless you are an experienced user.
> Regards Mike.
>
>
>

"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" wrote

> "Milt" wrote
>> Hi Rock,
>>
>> You may remember that a while ago we had a conversation about Windows
>> Internet Time not synchronizing properly with time.nist.gov or
>> time.windows.com. Well, I believe that I finally found out what the
>> problem
>> was. And since you took an interest in the problem, I thought I'd let you
>> know.
>>
>> Have a look at Click here: http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm and read
>> "Starting on 14 April 2007 the server time.nist.gov will no longer
>> respond to
>> requests for time in the TIME format (as defined in RFC-868)." at the
>> bottom
>> of the page.
>>
>> Interestingly, after I posted my criticism of MS, the time.windows.com
>> was
>> repaired and now works properly.

> I went into the registry & searched for Internet Time and then added
> 132.163.4.102 to the time servers, and Windows syncs to it ok. It's one of
> the servers that the freeware program 'Atomic Clock Sync' uses.
> Don't change the registry unless you are an experienced user.
> Regards Mike.

No need to edit the registry. Just enter the time server you want from the
GUI.
--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:

> I went into the registry & searched for Internet Time and then added
> 132.163.4.102 to the time servers, and Windows syncs to it ok. It's
> one of the servers that the freeware program 'Atomic Clock Sync' uses.
> Don't change the registry unless you are an experienced user.



Editing the registry isn't required. Right-click the time, choose "Adjust
Date/Time," and change it on the "Internet Time" tab.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Yep. That worked fine for me when I did it.

Milt

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
>
> > I went into the registry & searched for Internet Time and then added
> > 132.163.4.102 to the time servers, and Windows syncs to it ok. It's
> > one of the servers that the freeware program 'Atomic Clock Sync' uses.
> > Don't change the registry unless you are an experienced user.
>
>
>
> Editing the registry isn't required. Right-click the time, choose "Adjust
> Date/Time," and change it on the "Internet Time" tab.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

Yep, entering a time server in the Server window worked fine for me when I
did it.

Milt

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
>
> > I went into the registry & searched for Internet Time and then added
> > 132.163.4.102 to the time servers, and Windows syncs to it ok. It's
> > one of the servers that the freeware program 'Atomic Clock Sync' uses.
> > Don't change the registry unless you are an experienced user.
>
>
>
> Editing the registry isn't required. Right-click the time, choose "Adjust
> Date/Time," and change it on the "Internet Time" tab.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

I just tried to sync and recieved and error:
An error occured while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com

Get the same error when updating with time.nist.gov.

Solutions??


"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
>
> > I went into the registry & searched for Internet Time and then added
> > 132.163.4.102 to the time servers, and Windows syncs to it ok. It's
> > one of the servers that the freeware program 'Atomic Clock Sync' uses.
> > Don't change the registry unless you are an experienced user.
>
>
>
> Editing the registry isn't required. Right-click the time, choose "Adjust
> Date/Time," and change it on the "Internet Time" tab.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

JustUs wrote:

> I just tried to sync and recieved and error:
> An error occured while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com
>
> Get the same error when updating with time.nist.gov.
>
> Solutions??


Try time-a.nist.gov

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
>>
>>> I went into the registry & searched for Internet Time and then added
>>> 132.163.4.102 to the time servers, and Windows syncs to it ok. It's
>>> one of the servers that the freeware program 'Atomic Clock Sync'
>>> uses. Don't change the registry unless you are an experienced user.
>>
>>
>>
>> Editing the registry isn't required. Right-click the time, choose
>> "Adjust Date/Time," and change it on the "Internet Time" tab.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup