Network time-sync failure

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eric raeburn

If this is the wrong group to which to post this, please advise.

I have a problem with XP syncing its clock with a network time server.
Communication with the time server succeeds, but the PC thinks there is
an error and does not update its clock.

What I have tried:

-The GUI (Adjust date and time -> Internet time -> Update now)
If I monitor network traffic with Wireshark, I can see the requests go
out and the replies come back (I am using time.nist.gov). But a
non-specific error is printed stating "An error occurred...", and the
PC's clock is not updated.

-The free program ntpdate.exe
Here I can also see requests and replies with time.nist.gov, but despite
this, it gives the error "no server suitable for synchronization found".

I have also tried the Windows utility w32tm, but that always--despite
returning "The command completed successfully"--does nothing. When I
run it, no traffic goes out, and the clock is not updated.

I am logged in with Administrator privileges and have have tried
restarting the Windows Time service.

Any ideas? A registry setting?

Thanks,
-Eric
 
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