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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. ![]() -- "He who cannot pick up an ant, and wants to pick up an elephant will some day see his folly." --African /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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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. |
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On 2/20/2011 6:57 PM PT, VanguardLH typed:
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. Thanks. What do you think of Tardis since it is free? http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/tardis.htm for it. I used to use it in Windows 9x before XP, but it's old. -- "It is certain that there may be extraordinary mental activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter: thus the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvelous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man." --Charles Darwin (from The Origin of Species, 1859) /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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Ant wrote:
On 2/20/2011 6:57 PM PT, VanguardLH typed: 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. Thanks. What do you think of Tardis since it is free? http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/tardis.htm for it. I used to use it in Windows 9x before XP, but it's old. I've never used Tardis. It's been maybe over a decade since I trialed a few time sync utilities. I settled on Socke****ch but it isn't free. It hasn't been updated in a long time but then neither has NTP changed for even longer; however, I had to decipher the text file used to list the NTP servers to get rid of the old and dead NTP servers and add in some new ones. |
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On 20/02/2011 10:49 PM, Ant wrote:
Thanks. What do you think of Tardis since it is free? http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/tardis.htm for it. I used to use it in Windows 9x before XP, but it's old. I use AboutTime on my XP box. I go with just the default time sync on the Win 7 box. Yousuf Khan |
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On 2/20/2011 11:35 PM PT, Yousuf Khan typed:
Thanks. What do you think of Tardis since it is free? http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/tardis.htm for it. I used to use it in Windows 9x before XP, but it's old. I use AboutTime on my XP box. I go with just the default time sync on the Win 7 box. Hmm, http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/ is pretty old too from 1999. Heh. Do I assume this program will retry and with different NTP servers if the current one fails? -- "Maybe it's like an ant hive..." "Bees man, bees have hives." "You know what I mean. It's like one female that runs the whole show." "Yes, the queen." "Yeah the mamma. She is bad*ss, man. I mean big." "These things ain't ants estupido." "I know that." --Aliens movie /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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On 2/20/2011 10:11 PM PT, VanguardLH typed:
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. Thanks. What do you think of Tardis since it is free? http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/tardis.htm for it. I used to use it in Windows 9x before XP, but it's old. I've never used Tardis. It's been maybe over a decade since I trialed a few time sync utilities. I settled on Socke****ch but it isn't free. It hasn't been updated in a long time but then neither has NTP changed for even longer; however, I had to decipher the text file used to list the NTP servers to get rid of the old and dead NTP servers and add in some new ones. Thanks. ![]() -- "At high tide the fish eat ants; at low tide the ants eat fish." --Thai Proverb /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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On 21/02/2011 10:12 AM, Ant wrote:
On 2/20/2011 11:35 PM PT, Yousuf Khan typed: Thanks. What do you think of Tardis since it is free? http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/tardis.htm for it. I used to use it in Windows 9x before XP, but it's old. I use AboutTime on my XP box. I go with just the default time sync on the Win 7 box. Hmm, http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/ is pretty old too from 1999. Heh. Do I assume this program will retry and with different NTP servers if the current one fails? Yup, you can put as many servers into its list as you can find, and it'll try each one in sequence. If it doesn't connect with any of them, then there's something wrong with your network. It can also be set to retry after a certain period of time. Yousuf Khan |
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On 2/21/2011 10:03 AM PT, Yousuf Khan typed:
Thanks. What do you think of Tardis since it is free? http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/tardis.htm for it. I used to use it in Windows 9x before XP, but it's old. I use AboutTime on my XP box. I go with just the default time sync on the Win 7 box. Hmm, http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/ is pretty old too from 1999. Heh. Do I assume this program will retry and with different NTP servers if the current one fails? Yup, you can put as many servers into its list as you can find, and it'll try each one in sequence. If it doesn't connect with any of them, then there's something wrong with your network. It can also be set to retry after a certain period of time. Thanks. ![]() -- "He who storms in like a whirlwind returns like an ant." --Borneo /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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"Ant" wrote in message
m... 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. ![]() Looks like you've gotten some good 3rd-party tools from the other replies, which is likely the best way to handle your issue since they can be set for more frequent adjustments. If you are seeing time sync failures in the Event Viewer, and manual sync fails from Date and Time Internet Time Update Now, try making time.nist.gov the primary sync site, instead of time.windows.com (which has been unreliable). http://www.windows-help-central.com/...-internet.html -- Glen Ventura MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 CompTIA A+ http://dts-l.net/ |
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On 2/22/2011 10:46 AM PT, glee typed:
Looks like you've gotten some good 3rd-party tools from the other replies, which is likely the best way to handle your issue since they can be set for more frequent adjustments. If you are seeing time sync failures in the Event Viewer, and manual sync fails from Date and Time Internet Time Update Now, try making time.nist.gov the primary sync site, instead of time.windows.com (which has been unreliable). http://www.windows-help-central.com/...-internet.html All the default ones seem unreliable to me. 1.us.pool.ntp.org seems reliable though. I have not use dthe third party ones yet. So far, so good! ![]() -- "When I am at my lowest, that is when I see things the clearest. It's hard to care about ants when you're soaring with eagles." --unknown /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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