cannot synchronize my clock with the internet

[Guest spock]

Hello Everyone

 

Every time I try and synchronize my computers clock with time.windows.com

I get an error has occurred while windows was synchronizing with

time.windows.com

I have tried the other servers, same error, I have disabled my firewall no

change.

any ideas? I have Windows X64 Pro. with sp2

 

Thanks

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: cannot synchronize my clock with the internet

 

the problem is with time.windows.com. It's been broken for a while. Better

to use pool.ntp.org.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

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> Hello Everyone

>

> Every time I try and synchronize my computers clock with time.windows.com

> I get an error has occurred while windows was synchronizing with

> time.windows.com

> I have tried the other servers, same error, I have disabled my firewall no

> change.

> any ideas? I have Windows X64 Pro. with sp2

>

> Thanks

>

[Guest spock]

Re: cannot synchronize my clock with the internet

 

Sorry No change

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

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> the problem is with time.windows.com. It's been broken for a while. Better

> to use pool.ntp.org.

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

>

> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

> news:e7qfC4FFIHA.6120@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Hello Everyone

>>

>> Every time I try and synchronize my computers clock with time.windows.com

>> I get an error has occurred while windows was synchronizing with

>> time.windows.com

>> I have tried the other servers, same error, I have disabled my firewall

>> no change.

>> any ideas? I have Windows X64 Pro. with sp2

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: cannot synchronize my clock with the internet

 

Well, pool.ntp.org is alive and well and answering, so the problem is with

something on your end. The most likely cause is firewall interference. The

other possibility is that for some reason pool.ntp.org isn't handling the

split out to other servers within the pool. In which case you can try

explicitly setting the specific ones you want to use. I think mine is

currently using: 0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org,0x8

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

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> Sorry No change

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:14453ED9-9673-4866-ACC0-EECEB387D37A@microsoft.com...

>> the problem is with time.windows.com. It's been broken for a while.

>> Better to use pool.ntp.org.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>>

>> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

>> news:e7qfC4FFIHA.6120@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Hello Everyone

>>>

>>> Every time I try and synchronize my computers clock with

>>> time.windows.com

>>> I get an error has occurred while windows was synchronizing with

>>> time.windows.com

>>> I have tried the other servers, same error, I have disabled my firewall

>>> no change.

>>> any ideas? I have Windows X64 Pro. with sp2

>>>

>>> Thanks

>>>

>>

>

>

[Guest R. C. White]

Re: cannot synchronize my clock with the internet

 

Hi, Spock.

 

There are MANY time servers available. My computer (Vista Ultimate x64)

just now synchronized successfully with: time-a.nist.gov

 

Don't know if it works from .au, but you can try. ;<}

 

RC

--

R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail beta 2 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 beta v.275)

 

"spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

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> Sorry No change

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:14453ED9-9673-4866-ACC0-EECEB387D37A@microsoft.com...

>> the problem is with time.windows.com. It's been broken for a while.

>> Better to use pool.ntp.org.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>>

>> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

>> news:e7qfC4FFIHA.6120@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Hello Everyone

>>>

>>> Every time I try and synchronize my computers clock with

>>> time.windows.com

>>> I get an error has occurred while windows was synchronizing with

>>> time.windows.com

>>> I have tried the other servers, same error, I have disabled my firewall

>>> no change.

>>> any ideas? I have Windows X64 Pro. with sp2

>>>

>>> Thanks

[Guest Mark]

Re: cannot synchronize my clock with the internet

 

Open your firewall and allow Port 123 to access the net.

 

 

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

news:14453ED9-9673-4866-ACC0-EECEB387D37A@microsoft.com...

> the problem is with time.windows.com. It's been broken for a while. Better

> to use pool.ntp.org.

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

>

> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

> news:e7qfC4FFIHA.6120@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> > Hello Everyone

> >

> > Every time I try and synchronize my computers clock with

time.windows.com

> > I get an error has occurred while windows was synchronizing with

> > time.windows.com

> > I have tried the other servers, same error, I have disabled my firewall

no

> > change.

> > any ideas? I have Windows X64 Pro. with sp2

> >

> > Thanks

> >

>

[Guest spock]

Re: cannot synchronize my clock with the internet

 

Well I fixed it I changed the eithernet port my modem uses, now it works.

I'm a amazed, but what has me really perplexed is why in network connections

it has LAN connection 4 and 5 but not 1 and 2 I find this strange as there

are

only two LAN connections.

"Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

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> Open your firewall and allow Port 123 to access the net.

>

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:14453ED9-9673-4866-ACC0-EECEB387D37A@microsoft.com...

>> the problem is with time.windows.com. It's been broken for a while.

>> Better

>> to use pool.ntp.org.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>>

>> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

>> news:e7qfC4FFIHA.6120@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> > Hello Everyone

>> >

>> > Every time I try and synchronize my computers clock with

> time.windows.com

>> > I get an error has occurred while windows was synchronizing with

>> > time.windows.com

>> > I have tried the other servers, same error, I have disabled my firewall

> no

>> > change.

>> > any ideas? I have Windows X64 Pro. with sp2

>> >

>> > Thanks

>> >

>>

>

>

[Guest CWhetmore]

RE: cannot synchronize my clock with the internet

 

See the note by "Mark", below. He's absolutely right! Once I found where to

access my Firewall and set Port 123 (the Network Time Protocol Port) to

"open", time.windows.com worked like a charm!

 

I use McAfee Security Center. I right-clicked the "M" icon bottom right on

the Desktop, then left-clicked "Change Settings". On the next window, I

left-clicked "Home", then "Internet & Network", then "Configure". Next

window said "Firewall protection is enabled" and I left-clicked

"Advanced...". Next window I left-clicked "System Services" on the left,

under "Firewall". Scrolling down allowing me to check the box by "Network

Time Protocol Port 123". Then I clicked "Apply" and "OK".

 

"spock" wrote:

> Hello Everyone

>

> Every time I try and synchronize my computers clock with time.windows.com

> I get an error has occurred while windows was synchronizing with

> time.windows.com

> I have tried the other servers, same error, I have disabled my firewall no

> change.

> any ideas? I have Windows X64 Pro. with sp2

>

> Thanks

>

>

>

[Guest Tony Harding]

Re: cannot synchronize my clock with the internet

 

CWhetmore wrotte:

> See the note by "Mark", below. He's absolutely right! Once I found where to

> access my Firewall and set Port 123 (the Network Time Protocol Port) to

> "open", time.windows.com worked like a charm!

>

> I use McAfee Security Center. I right-clicked the "M" icon bottom right on

> the Desktop, then left-clicked "Change Settings". On the next window, I

> left-clicked "Home", then "Internet & Network", then "Configure". Next

> window said "Firewall protection is enabled" and I left-clicked

> "Advanced...". Next window I left-clicked "System Services" on the left,

> under "Firewall". Scrolling down allowing me to check the box by "Network

> Time Protocol Port 123". Then I clicked "Apply" and "OK".

 

I've given up on using Windows' time synchronization and disabled it.

Why not go to the source?

 

http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm

 

You can download a program called "nistime-32bit.exe". It was written

with public funds so it's free and it works great in both 32 bit & 64

bit systems. I've been using it for several years now and it ran just

fine under XP Pro x64 Edition.

[Guest marcus]

RE: cannot synchronize my clock with the internet

 

Thankyou CWhetmore

i followed your step by step instructions and it worked.

cheers

 

"CWhetmore" wrote:

> See the note by "Mark", below. He's absolutely right! Once I found where to

> access my Firewall and set Port 123 (the Network Time Protocol Port) to

> "open", time.windows.com worked like a charm!

>

> I use McAfee Security Center. I right-clicked the "M" icon bottom right on

> the Desktop, then left-clicked "Change Settings". On the next window, I

> left-clicked "Home", then "Internet & Network", then "Configure". Next

> window said "Firewall protection is enabled" and I left-clicked

> "Advanced...". Next window I left-clicked "System Services" on the left,

> under "Firewall". Scrolling down allowing me to check the box by "Network

> Time Protocol Port 123". Then I clicked "Apply" and "OK".

>

> "spock" wrote:

>

> > Hello Everyone

> >

> > Every time I try and synchronize my computers clock with time.windows.com

> > I get an error has occurred while windows was synchronizing with

> > time.windows.com

> > I have tried the other servers, same error, I have disabled my firewall no

> > change.

> > any ideas? I have Windows X64 Pro. with sp2

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> >

> >