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How to keep Windows clock accurate?
Anybody know of a utility that syncs Windows clock and calendar, like
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How to keep Windows clock accurate?
John Doe wrote:
Anybody know of a utility that syncs Windows clock and calendar, like through the Internet? Which Windows? My XPs have an NTP/internet function. These screenshots show it http://csg.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/tips/ntp/winxp That article suggests that it doesn't always work and also suggests automachron http://csg.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/tips/ntp/winxp On Win98se I used to use a little app I got from NIST which has information on the subject http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/its.cfm Set your computer clock via the Internet using tools built into the operating system It is also informative to just wander around the NIST site. -- Mike Easter |
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How to keep Windows clock accurate?
On 12/17/2011 1:25 PM, John Doe wrote:
Anybody know of a utility that syncs Windows clock and calendar, like through the Internet? You can do that through the clock itself. Click clock on taskbar, link at bottom, internet tab... If your PC won't keep time, you might need to replace the CMOS battery. |
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How to keep Windows clock accurate?
Not to take anything away from any current or future reply, but...
Instead of messing with the Windows utility like my subject line suggests, I might try using a simple utility like DS Clock or whatever. |
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How to keep Windows clock accurate?
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claiming to be John Doe typed: Anybody know of a utility that syncs Windows clock and calendar, like through the Internet? Syncs what exactly? Windows synchronizes the current time/date automatically already, and I'm not really sure what calendar you're talking about. -- It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. |
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How to keep Windows clock accurate?
DevilsPGD wrote:
John Doe Anybody know of a utility that syncs Windows clock and calendar, like through the Internet? Syncs what exactly? Windows synchronizes the current time/date automatically already, and I'm not really sure what calendar you're talking about. Since the NTP time is expressed in the number of seconds and fractional seconds since a specific date, its conversion to UTC results in a fractional seconds and a calendar date as well. And leap seconds when appropriate. The local problems of dealing with one's timezone and its time/date as well as daylight time adjustments are left to the individual. -- Mike Easter |
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How to keep Windows clock accurate?
DevilsPGD Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage crazyhat.net wrote:
In message 4eecde9f$0$2217$c3e8da3$88b277c5 news.astraweb.com someone claiming to be John Doe jdoe usenetlove.invalid typed: Anybody know of a utility that syncs Windows clock and calendar, like through the Internet? Syncs what exactly? Windows synchronizes the current time/date automatically already, Windows XP Date and Time Properties is a piece of **** clock and calendar utility. and I'm not really sure what calendar you're talking about. You might not be old enough to remember Windows XP, but it does have a clock and calendar. If you are playing semantics, in fact Windows XP Date and Time Properties fits the definition of "calendar". -- -- It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. Path: news.astraweb.com!border6.newsrouter.astraweb.com! news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de! news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: DevilsPGD Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage crazyhat.net Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Subject: How to keep Windows clock accurate? Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:11:02 -0700 Organization: Disorganized Lines: 13 Message-ID: gkppe7preeodk1iktffmvljbt63sb12qg3 4ax.com References: 4eecde9f$0$2217$c3e8da3$88b277c5 news.astraweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net vAj7HFypOFKQ7CT+Z7+dXQ9f/aMbDEuVzuNfRnMvnR286yfo3y Cancel-Lock: sha1:Gt1qjA45XqiF9g5CXt3MzgUtw04= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 |
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How to keep Windows clock accurate?
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John Doe wrote: Windows XP Date and Time Properties is a piece of **** clock and calendar utility. To me, your initial post looked like you didn't know how XP date/time worked for NTP, not that you were dissatisfied with it. Anybody know of a utility that syncs Windows clock and calendar, like through the Internet? The replies you get will be best if you characterize which v. of Windows you are using and what NTP agent functions you are already familiar. What kind of trouble do you have with the default function? One of the places I was reading and link I gave indicated there was some problem with it. "Some people may find that Windows's time synchronisation system is temperemental (sic) and does not always work." But, I didn't find any mention of that at NIST, except that they felt some necessity to provide their own Win32 app. -- Mike Easter |
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How to keep Windows clock accurate?
Mike Easter wrote:
John Doe wrote: "Some people may find that Windows's time synchronisation system is temperemental (sic) and does not always work." But, I didn't find any mention of that at NIST, except that they felt some necessity to provide their own Win32 app. NIST also has a page that talks about firewall interference with good NTP function http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/firewall.cfm There are a number of points to consider if you have any type of firewall and are planning to use it with the NIST Internet Time service. They also have a recently updated page full of software providers for NTP http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/softwarelist.cfm Publishers of Time and Frequency Software -- Mike Easter |
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How to keep Windows clock accurate?
Mike Easter MikeE ster.invalid wrote:
xposting deleted, to achp-h only John Doe wrote: Windows XP Date and Time Properties is a piece of **** clock and calendar utility. To me, your initial post looked like you didn't know how XP date/time worked for NTP, Looks like you don't know how to write. Spell out acronyms the first time you use them. not that you were dissatisfied with it. I have always been dissatisfied with POS Microsoft utilities. Microsoft's acquisition of Systernals is bewildering. Hopefully Systernals influence is showing up in post-Windows XP. More likely Microsoft will just crush them, intentionally or not. Anybody know of a utility that syncs Windows clock and calendar, like through the Internet? The replies you get will be best if you characterize which v. of Windows you are using and what NTP agent functions you are already familiar. That is obscure. Being a regular here, you should know that I run circles around other Windows users. Otherwise, if you are addressing the average reader, you need to write much more clearly. Your obscure "NTP agent functions" should have nothing to do with keeping correct time in Windows, given the correct time zone. If a user accidentally clicks on one of the dates on Microsoft's POS Date and Time Properties calendar, Microsoft's hideous logic assumes that he is changing the date of the calendar. WHAT IDIOT ON EARTH WANTS TO EASILY CHANGE THE DATE ON HIS CALENDAR TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE ACTUAL DATE??? A troll might, Mikey, but nobody else does. And then there's the fact that Microsoft's calendar is otherwise useless. And yeah I know, a user can get his own. Poor Microsoft, it might take a little programming to provide a useful calendar function and a clock that keeps accurate time. Poor poor Microsoft. What kind of trouble do you have with the default function? One of the places I was reading and link I gave indicated there was some problem with it. "Some people may find that Windows's time synchronisation system is temperemental (sic) and does not always work." But, I didn't find any mention of that at NIST, Speech recognition would allow you to spell out acronyms without much effort, assuming you can speak well enough. -- except that they felt some necessity to provide their own Win32 app. -- Mike Easter Path: news.astraweb.com!border6.newsrouter.astraweb.com! news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.informatik.hu-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Easter MikeE ster.invalid Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Subject: How to keep Windows clock accurate? Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:30:10 -0800 Lines: 30 Message-ID: 9l4ceiF9m5U1 mid.individual.net References: 4eecde9f$0$2217$c3e8da3$88b277c5 news.astraweb.com gkppe7preeodk1iktffmvljbt63sb12qg3 4ax.com 4eecf963$0$2213$c3e8da3$a9097924 news.astraweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net JRKKv/pI2sChcg+mihYjtglDBb4nJyGIIJfA4qsFb/3+6DTYXl Cancel-Lock: sha1:ixxl0E9WiyA3tnpgmSeAZt1+z88= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111210 Thunderbird/9.0 In-Reply-To: 4eecf963$0$2213$c3e8da3$a9097924 news.astraweb.com |
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