Ant wrote:

Hello.

I noticed sometimes my old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3's internet time
synchronizations with a time server, fail for whatever reasons. Is there
a way to have it automatically try a different NTP server automatically
if the current one failed?

The reason why I ask is because my Windows/PC's time/clock seems to
drift slowly a lot when I use DVI and watch videos. You can read
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?p=1336503761 ,
http://forums.amd.com/game/messagevi...hreadid=146947 ,
and
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.c...95263549e7bfea
... So far, we're all stomped.

Thank you in advance.

The only registry entry that I noticed for NTP is to provide a list of
NTP servers. That is, you can increase the list of NTP servers from
which you can pick one for Windows time sync service. So you'll need to
start looking at 3rd party NTP utilities that can try several different
NTP servers. I use Socke****ch (not free) which has a long list of NTP
servers (although I had to edit its list to get rid of the dead ones and
add a few that I knew about since this list hasn't been updated in
years). It tests the NTP servers to find the top 5 best performers and
picks the fastest one from that list, but which one gets used can vary
over time and depends on response from the server, delays in the hosts
in the route, etc. There are several "atomic clock" time sync utilities
available that are free.