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MGGP
May 28th 04, 05:08 PM
Search for:
207.46.130.100 (time.windows.com)
or
192.43.244.18 (time.nist.gov)
Good Luck !

>-----Original Message-----
>since it does have to do with customizing my XP-Pro (non-
Home)
>version of Windows - so, here goes:
>
>I've got everything running properly without problems
(well,
>without any "serious" problems shall we say).
>
>The situation is that I work at a university where they
try to
>minimize network traffic - an admirable goal. Among other
things
>we have also been driven to use MS's "time" service to
insure
>that the time on our machine is set "properly/accurately."
>
>Our network people have been harping on eliminating
unnecessary
>traffic but at the same time on the importance of
synchronizing
>our machine's clocks.
>
>They have a "second level tier" machine on the campus
that syncs
>with one of the atomic clocks and they insist we sync
with the
>local clock to avoid "outside of the university" traffic.
>
>Can someone tell me where, in the Registry, that MS has
saved the
>IP address of that their Time Service goes too to
retrieve the
>time?
>
>All help appreciated.
>
>David
>
>
>.
>

David F. Schrader
May 28th 04, 09:58 PM
My thanks to all who responded. This is
a start. (I guess this was, if not the right
place, a friendly place.)

David

"MGGP" > wrote in message
...
> Search for:
> 207.46.130.100 (time.windows.com)
> or
> 192.43.244.18 (time.nist.gov)
> Good Luck !
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >since it does have to do with customizing my XP-Pro (non-
> Home)
> >version of Windows - so, here goes:
> >
> >I've got everything running properly without problems
> (well,
> >without any "serious" problems shall we say).
> >
> >The situation is that I work at a university where they
> try to
> >minimize network traffic - an admirable goal. Among other
> things
> >we have also been driven to use MS's "time" service to
> insure
> >that the time on our machine is set "properly/accurately."
> >
> >Our network people have been harping on eliminating
> unnecessary
> >traffic but at the same time on the importance of
> synchronizing
> >our machine's clocks.
> >
> >They have a "second level tier" machine on the campus
> that syncs
> >with one of the atomic clocks and they insist we sync
> with the
> >local clock to avoid "outside of the university" traffic.
> >
> >Can someone tell me where, in the Registry, that MS has
> saved the
> >IP address of that their Time Service goes too to
> retrieve the
> >time?
> >
> >All help appreciated.
> >
> >David
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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