w32Time

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Hi,

I am running Windows XP Media Center 2005 and in looking at my event logs I
noticed this:

W32Time
Type: ERROR
Computer: XXXXXXXXXX
Time: 11/8/2006 1:37:23 PM ID: 17
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually

configured peer 'time.windows.com,0x1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup
again in 15 minutes.
The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host.
(0x80072751)

What are the consequences if I turn off w3time (via net stop w32time)?
Since it isn't finding the NTPServer to what process in Windows does this
matter?

Thanks in advance for your insight into this issue!

Hugo
 
Thanks for the info!
I tried pinging time.windows.com and the requests timed out so I'm guessing
the
"default" value in windows is no longer correct. Right?
It doesn't tell me what other processes depend on w32time (besides the
clock on the screen possibly). I'll probably try stopping it and see if
anything bad
happens. Does everyone have their own NTPServers in which case you
modify the NTPServer registry key? Or does everyone ignore this error
and move on. :-)
Thanks!

Hugo
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The time server that you choose may be down.

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Thanks for the info!
I tried pinging time.windows.com and the requests timed out so I'm
guessing the
"default" value in windows is no longer correct. Right?
It doesn't tell me what other processes depend on w32time (besides the
clock on the screen possibly). I'll probably try stopping it and see
if anything bad
happens. Does everyone have their own NTPServers in which case you
modify the NTPServer registry key? Or does everyone ignore this error
and move on. :-)
Thanks!
Click to expand...

Nothing depends on the time sync service. The clock doesn't depend on it
either. The service just synchronizes the clock to your timezone offset of
GMT.

If it is disabled, you may notice some drift in the PC clock, that's all.
 
I have two Server choices: time.nist.gov and time.windows.com you should
also. Try time.nist.gov

I only set the Windows Time service (W32Time) to Manual or Automatic in
services.msc every once in a while. I then update manually by double
clicking the clock in the Notification Area, Internet Time tab, Select the
Automatically synchronize.. and click the Update Now button.

In the Server list, click the arrow, and then click time.nist.gov

Automatically synchronize..
Specifies whether your computer clock is automatically synchronized with an
Internet time server. In addition, the check box must be selected if you
want to change the Internet time server or synchronize your clock
immediately.

Clock synchronization normally occurs weekly if you have a continuous
Internet connection, or it might be more sporadic if you only connect to the
Internet occasionally. Click Update Now to synchronize your clock
immediately.

Update Now button
Click to synchronize your computer clock with the selected Internet Time
Server. You must be connected to the Internet, and the Automatically
synchronize with an Internet time server check box must be selected.

If synchronization fails, a message will display below explaining the
reason. Most corporate firewalls will block time synchronization, as will
some personal firewalls. If the network is too busy or not available for
some reason, try again later.

Synchronizing your computer clock

Paste the following line into Start | run and click OK...

hh datetime.chm::/windows_date_IT_overview.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
Thanks to everyone for the Windows Time Service education!
I appreciate all the comments and explanations! :-)

Hugo
 
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