Clock synchroniser for Windows 2000 in the UK

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Evi

Does anyone know of a clock synchroniser that will set my system clock from
a time signal that works in the UK and in Windows 2000? Dimension4 doesn't
work with Win2K and WebTime doesn't work for the UK. Atomic Clock specifies
that its only for Win95 and 98. Dare I try it on UK?
Evi
 
Don't worry, I took a risk on Atomic Clock (v.2.6) and it seems to work fine
in Win2K. Very easy to use.
Evi
 
Evi said:
Does anyone know of a clock synchroniser that will set my system clock from
a time signal that works in the UK and in Windows 2000? Dimension4 doesn't
work with Win2K
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Yes it does on my machine. No probs at all here. Check what went wrong on yours.

DAN
 
Unless I loaded a different version from you, mine only listed USA sites for
the signal.
Evi
 
I had an error message when I tried to install it. Mind you, I've had a
fair few error messages trying to install my old (old, old, old) software on
2K. Never mind, I like Atomic clock and it's working fine.
Evi
 
Does anyone know of a clock synchroniser that will set my
system clock from a time signal that works in the UK and in
Windows 2000? Dimension4 doesn't work with Win2K and WebTime
doesn't work for the UK. Atomic Clock specifies that its only
for Win95 and 98. Dare I try it on UK? Evi
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You could try Atomochron from One Guy Coding - free and works
anywhere. Check the link on the page for a list of free time
servers.

http://oneguycoding.com/automachron/

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Not screaming, like the passengers in his car!
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Evi said:
Does anyone know of a clock synchroniser that will set my system
clock from a time signal that works in the UK and in Windows 2000?
Dimension4 doesn't work with Win2K and WebTime doesn't work for the
UK. Atomic Clock specifies that its only for Win95 and 98. Dare I
try it on UK?
Evi
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Try this:
http://keir.net/neutron.html
 
A better way would be to use the built in Win2K sntp client. To do so use
the following steps. NOTE: I will be using US Navy time servers as examples
because I don't know of any UK servers but I'm sure there are plenty, after
all the UK is GMT.

1. In your hosts file enter the following:

192.5.41.40 tick.usno.navy.mil
192.5.41.41 tock.usno.navy.mil

You can use search to find the hosts file then open it in Notepad.

2. After saving the hosts file enter the following at a command prompt:

w32tm -once

If you don't use the "-once" switch it will run until you hit Ctrl + C or
until you log off.

Windows always checks its hosts file for a domain name before going to a
name server on the net so this also makes it faster.

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If you would prefer having Win2K take care of it automatically you can do
the following:

1. Follow the above instructions for setting up your hosts file.

2. From a command prompt enter:
net time /setsntp:"tick.usno.navy.mil tock.usno.navy.mil"

Enter it exactly as shown except for replacing the US time servers with UK
time servers. You can enter as many time servers as you want, they just have
to be separated by a space.

3. Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and edit the
following entry:

"Windows Time", right click on it, select properties and set it to
"Started, Automatic". The automatic is to make it start up when Win2K does.

Even if you don't have an always on connection it will just wait until
you're online.
Naturally if you are using a firewall you will have to give it permission
access to the internet.

NOTE: WinXP users, Windows does this for you when it is installed. Well, at
least in XP Pro, I don't really know about the Home Edition but it's
probably the same.
 
Woah! You've really lost me here. What is a host file? I'm new to 2K. This
sounds really interesting.

I suspect than usno.navy.mil may be US Navy times. I'm in the UK.
Evi
 
Evi said:
Does anyone know of a clock synchroniser that will set my system clock from
a time signal that works in the UK and in Windows 2000? Dimension4 doesn't
work with Win2K and WebTime doesn't work for the UK. Atomic Clock specifies
that its only for Win95 and 98. Dare I try it on UK?
Evi
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Try ABOUT TIME:
http://www.arachnoid.com/
I use it in UK -- it works on any Windows OS.
I use the following Time Servers with it (URLs in brackets):
Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technology (129.132.2.21).
Technische Universitaet Berlin (130.149.17.21).
University Erlangen-Nuernberg (131.188.3.222).
U.S. Naval Observatory (192.5.41.40).
NIST (192.43.244.18).
You can get a full list of time servers from:
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm

===

Frank Bohan
¶ I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out.
 
Frank Bohan said:
Try ABOUT TIME:
http://www.arachnoid.com/
I use it in UK -- it works on any Windows OS.
I use the following Time Servers with it (URLs in brackets):
Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technology (129.132.2.21).
Technische Universitaet Berlin (130.149.17.21).
University Erlangen-Nuernberg (131.188.3.222).
U.S. Naval Observatory (192.5.41.40).
NIST (192.43.244.18).
You can get a full list of time servers from:
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm

===

Frank Bohan
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Thanks for the tip, Frank
 
Hi Evi - I highly recommend NetTime here: http://nettime.sourceforge.net/
The nice thing about it is that it will automatically check 140 or so
servers, find those that are working, pick the "best" five for you, update
your time automatically at your designated interval by comparing all five
and has provision for updating other computers on a local net. Or you can
individually test and select the five to be used from servers around the
world. You can use it to either automatically set the time in your tray or
to do so manually. I tried out a number of time set programs, and this is
far-and-away the best.

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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In
 
It's "hosts" file, no file extension. Many people use it to block spam and
tracking (spy) sites but it was intended as a localhost domain name server.
When you access a certain domain name Windows tries to get the URL from the
hosts file first, otherwise it has to check name servers on the net until it
locates the URL. At times of heavy traffic the name servers can be slow and
sometimes the one Windows needs may be down.
In addition to time servers I also list sites I visit often which avoids the
previously mentioned problems and is a lot faster since it is handled
locally. The easiest way to get the URL to enter in hosts is to ping the
domain you want to list.

EXAMPLE: ping doubleclick.net
from a command prompt.

Actually that one is usually near the top of everyone's list of blocked
domains since they are one of the major spy/tracking sites on the web.
 
I don't know where you got the idea that a hosts file had to be in
uppercase. Check any computer running Windows and you will find that M$
installs the hosts file in lower case. As a matter of fact Windows has
always been case insensitive. If you are referring to some other OS then you
are still wrong because this conversation was about Win2K.
 
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