Re: Time Sync Not Working

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"Charlie" <Charlie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

Yes. I tried several servers.
"Rock" <Rock@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote
"Charlie" <Charlie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Thanks for the suggestion. I took the router out of the loop and attached directly to the cable modem. I also used the IP address for the NTP server instead of the URL to eliminate and DNS issues and still get the same error message. One other interesting thing - I was talking to my brother who lives in another state and ask him to sync his time. He got the same error message as me. I am thinking this is a Windows issue maybe caused by their fix for the new daylight savings times. You might want to do a manual sync and see if it works.

"Stephen Sentoff" <steve30401@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Charlie wrote:
I am running XP Pro on a home network with a Linksys router and I have noticed the time sync feature no longer works. When I try to sync I get a rather generic message saying that an error occurred. There is no error listed on the event log and the windows time service is started. I have tried several NTP servers including time.windows.com. Has something changed in the last few months? Any suggestions?

Probably your router isn't allowing the NTP packets out, or more likely, isn't passing the reply NTP packets back to your machine. Check the configuration of the router. If there are other local machines behind the router, knowing whether they are having NTP problems also might help pinpoint the problem. For debugging, remember that NTP uses UDP packets on port 123.

Did you try a different server? That server hasn't been working properly.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]


Sorry, I don't know them. When I changed the server it worked. Have you tried this:

Start | Run
net stop w32time | Enter
w32tm /unregister | Enter
w32tm /register | Enter
net start w32time

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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