Unable synch PC time for the last 8 hours

I get "an error occurred...blah blah" when I try to synch the PC clock with
either time.windows.com or time.nist.gov.
I've even put an exception in McAfee's Firewall Plus 8 System Services for
"Network Time Protocol - Port 123".
Anyone else finding this problem today?

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

Make sure your time and date are correctly set in Windows. In XP if the date
was wrong, you wouldn't even be allowed to get updates and I assume the same
will happen with Vista.



"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:eMBDNd9bHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I get "an error occurred...blah blah" when I try to synch the PC clock with
>either time.windows.com or time.nist.gov.
> I've even put an exception in McAfee's Firewall Plus 8 System Services for
> "Network Time Protocol - Port 123".
> Anyone else finding this problem today?
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
>

I'm in Vista at the moment and managed to get it to update after two failed
attempts...strange. My day/date is all correct as is my time zone. Never
had this problem in years!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD

"Night Keeper" <nightkeeper@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uZvJvX$bHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Make sure your time and date are correctly set in Windows. In XP if the
> date was wrong, you wouldn't even be allowed to get updates and I assume
> the same will happen with Vista.
>
>
>
> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
> news:eMBDNd9bHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I get "an error occurred...blah blah" when I try to synch the PC clock
>>with either time.windows.com or time.nist.gov.
>> I've even put an exception in McAfee's Firewall Plus 8 System Services
>> for "Network Time Protocol - Port 123".
>> Anyone else finding this problem today?
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>
>>
>

If it happens again, make sure the Windows Time service is running.


"Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:u9sgLkAcHHA.4656@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I'm in Vista at the moment and managed to get it to update after two
> failed attempts...strange. My day/date is all correct as is my time zone.
> Never had this problem in years!
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
>
> "Night Keeper" <nightkeeper@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uZvJvX$bHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Make sure your time and date are correctly set in Windows. In XP if the
>> date was wrong, you wouldn't even be allowed to get updates and I assume
>> the same will happen with Vista.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
>> news:eMBDNd9bHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>I get "an error occurred...blah blah" when I try to synch the PC clock
>>>with either time.windows.com or time.nist.gov.
>>> I've even put an exception in McAfee's Firewall Plus 8 System Services
>>> for "Network Time Protocol - Port 123".
>>> Anyone else finding this problem today?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
>>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>>> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
>>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>>
>>>
>>
>

That was the first thing I looked at - thanks ;-)

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD

"Joe Grover" <grover.joe@acd.net> wrote in message
news:%23j2DnFKcHHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> If it happens again, make sure the Windows Time service is running.
>
>
> "Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:u9sgLkAcHHA.4656@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> I'm in Vista at the moment and managed to get it to update after two
>> failed attempts...strange. My day/date is all correct as is my time
>> zone. Never had this problem in years!
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
>> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
>>
>> "Night Keeper" <nightkeeper@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uZvJvX$bHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Make sure your time and date are correctly set in Windows. In XP if the
>>> date was wrong, you wouldn't even be allowed to get updates and I assume
>>> the same will happen with Vista.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
>>> news:eMBDNd9bHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>I get "an error occurred...blah blah" when I try to synch the PC clock
>>>>with either time.windows.com or time.nist.gov.
>>>> I've even put an exception in McAfee's Firewall Plus 8 System Services
>>>> for "Network Time Protocol - Port 123".
>>>> Anyone else finding this problem today?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Peter
>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
>>>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>>>> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
>>>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

I had the same problem.
Ichanged my time to a wrong time(set the clock back 10 minutes) and ran
synchronise again.
Since then it works correctly

"Joe Grover" wrote:

> If it happens again, make sure the Windows Time service is running.
>
>
> "Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:u9sgLkAcHHA.4656@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > I'm in Vista at the moment and managed to get it to update after two
> > failed attempts...strange. My day/date is all correct as is my time zone.
> > Never had this problem in years!
> >
> > --
> > Peter
> > Toronto, Canada
> > XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
> > P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
> >
> > "Night Keeper" <nightkeeper@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:uZvJvX$bHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> Make sure your time and date are correctly set in Windows. In XP if the
> >> date was wrong, you wouldn't even be allowed to get updates and I assume
> >> the same will happen with Vista.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
> >> news:eMBDNd9bHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >>>I get "an error occurred...blah blah" when I try to synch the PC clock
> >>>with either time.windows.com or time.nist.gov.
> >>> I've even put an exception in McAfee's Firewall Plus 8 System Services
> >>> for "Network Time Protocol - Port 123".
> >>> Anyone else finding this problem today?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Peter
> >>> Toronto, Canada
> >>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
> >>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> >>> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
> >>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>

Interesting trick, I'll try it the next time.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD

"Ron" <Ron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C65A6831-226B-4C4F-91A2-ED7BE011466B@microsoft.com...
>I had the same problem.
> Ichanged my time to a wrong time(set the clock back 10 minutes) and ran
> synchronise again.
> Since then it works correctly
>
> "Joe Grover" wrote:
>
>> If it happens again, make sure the Windows Time service is running.
>>
>>
>> "Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:u9sgLkAcHHA.4656@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> > I'm in Vista at the moment and managed to get it to update after two
>> > failed attempts...strange. My day/date is all correct as is my time
>> > zone.
>> > Never had this problem in years!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Peter
>> > Toronto, Canada
>> > XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
>> > P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
>> >
>> > "Night Keeper" <nightkeeper@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:uZvJvX$bHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> >> Make sure your time and date are correctly set in Windows. In XP if
>> >> the
>> >> date was wrong, you wouldn't even be allowed to get updates and I
>> >> assume
>> >> the same will happen with Vista.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
>> >> news:eMBDNd9bHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >>>I get "an error occurred...blah blah" when I try to synch the PC clock
>> >>>with either time.windows.com or time.nist.gov.
>> >>> I've even put an exception in McAfee's Firewall Plus 8 System
>> >>> Services
>> >>> for "Network Time Protocol - Port 123".
>> >>> Anyone else finding this problem today?
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Peter
>> >>> Toronto, Canada
>> >>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
>> >>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>> >>> Sapphire Radeon X1650 Pro Graphics
>> >>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>