[Aavso-photometry] Internet Time Sync

[Roland Roberts]

Brad Walter wrote:
> My computer operating system is Windows XP Professional service pack 2. Ever since I installed the Windows upgrade at the beginning of March for the change in daylight saving time, I have not been able to synch to either the NIST time server or the Windows Internet time server. I keep getting the following error:
>   
You might want to try a look at this: 
http://www.timetools.co.uk/support/windows-xp-ntp-time-server.htm

I have the same version on Windows and I even set my system clock to UTC 
(dual Linux and Windows boot) and have had no trouble with the time.  I 
set the first two ntp hosts to be "local" based on the two networks I'm 
most commonly on followed by the pool servers the Wolfgang Renz discusses.

roland

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