You should be able to, when you're connected to the internet...
click on the clock in the taskbar, click on "Change Date and Time settings"
Internet time - change settings
If that doesn't work, try something like
http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/index.html
"Ed" <walker.ed@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1174401823.055428.94820@d57g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...
> In Windows XP I could have my computer update the system clock from an
> internet time server. On my new Vista machine, the option is no longer
> available. I'm running a stand alone laptop machine that I connect to
> a docking station at home and at work. (At work, it is part of a
> domain but I'm not using a domain account on my computer.)
>
> Ed
>