Re: Synchronizing Time on My Local Network

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From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:25:35 -0600

You also might try this small program that can act as a time server for a network. I have used it on
Windows Me machines in the past for just this purpose.

http://vps.arachnoid.com/abouttime/

Note that I have not run this on a XP box...so, as always, YMMV...

Otherwise look at this page for alternatives...

http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/general/softwarelist.htm

Personally, I could never get my XP Pro box to actually act as a NTP time server as noted in your
two links... 

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"W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote in message 
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> W. Watson wrote:
>
>> I have two Win machines and a Linux machine on a network. The Linux machine needs some fairly 
>> accurate time. It runs 7/24 but has no access to the internet. I'm on the Win XP machine every 
>> day, and would like to use it as a time source. How can I get the time synched on the local net 
>> through it at least once a day?
>>
>> I've noticed the clock on my XP machine is a lot more accurate than on the Linux machine. Is 
>> there some sort of XP time synching going on that I'm not aware of?
> I just discovered two descriptions of how to set the clocks via accurate time using the present 
> NTP on XP. Which one is correct?
>
> 1. <http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1117/>.
> 2. <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314054#EXTERNAL>. Click
>    the second line under INTRO... for external setting.
>
> This was perhaps an easy question. I suspect 2 is the wiser choice, since 1 can set the refresh 
> time. The complexity of 2 suggests that someone should have written a program to do the steps.
>
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