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From: W. Watson (wolf_tracks_at_invalid.inv)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 13:05:33 GMT

Vanguard wrote:

> "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote in message
> news:Mg4Dd.1858$v76.1080@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
>>> In services.msc, is the "Windows Time" service configured for
>>> automatic startup and is it currently started? Mine is running and I
>>> can see in SysInternal's TCPview that it is listening on port 123
>>> (ntp). It is shown as as an "svchost.exe" process (because
>>> "C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs" was used to start it).
>>> However, I don't have another host at the moment at home to see if I
>>> can sync against this host with its Windows Time service running.
>
>
>> Where do I find services.msc? Control Panel->Admin Tools->Services? I
>> have no idea what it is. I don't see it listed in Services. I see a
>> Windows Time. I see a TCP/IP Helper.
>
>
> Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools (if logged on as an admin) ->
> Services
> Well, that just runs services.msc. You can use Start -> Run to just run
> services.msc yourself instead of using a shortcut to it. If you
> right-click on the "Services" shortcut in the Start menu, you'll see
> "...\services.msc" is the program that gets loaded. Looks like you got
> into the Services applet using the shortcut.
If I go Start>All Prog>Admin Tools>Services, then I look at the list of services
there is no services.msc. This is the same list I got from using Control Panel>etc.
Anyway, am I supposed to enter it as a Run command, then go to the Services dialog
and ...? I would think time services are already running, since in an earlier part of
this thread I indicated that if I boot from W2k on astropc instead of Linux, I can
sync the w2k machine with a net time.
>
>>> Got a personal software firewall running on either host? What
>>> happens when you disable the firewall and then attempt to sync?
>
>
>> No personal firewalls. The only firewall is that provided by SP2 with
>> Security Center.
>
>
> I think, after install Windows XP Service Pack 2, that the firewall is
> on by default and you have to turn it off if you want it out of your
> way. Did you try disabling it and check if the time sync worked?
>
>
I'll try it later this morning. There must be some way to just disable the local
internet from firewall protection.

BTW, I posted another message ("Purging Underscored ...") about the underscore oddity
that I have. I suspect it has nothing to do with this time difficulty, but it's worth
noting. Basically, at one point I called the Linux machine astro_pc, and found XP
didn't like that. I changed it to astropc, but XP seems to at times cling to the
notion that its astro_pc. 

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