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windows time service
« on: July 23, 2012, 08:04:59 pm »
Hey Shane

  I notice every now and again in event viewer I get a warning stating the the windows time service hasn't re synced in( I think it said 84000 seconds, somewhere in that neighborhood). Does a stand alone system need this to be running? Does it actually sync time for a stand alone system?



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Re: windows time service
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2012, 05:57:59 pm »
It syncs the system time from the MS servers. It is good to have on.

I have noticed that error on a lot of systems lately. Wonder what is going on on their end?

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Re: windows time service
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2012, 04:05:03 am »
I have found that changing the server from time.windows.com to time.nist.gov has been more reliable, perhaps try using a different time server?

Hope that helps?

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Re: windows time service
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2012, 10:46:01 am »
Worth a shot :-)

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Re: windows time service
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2012, 04:01:55 pm »
I was thinking about trying that  :wink:


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