Thank you S.C.! One of the pages said this "If you use McAfee you'll have to unblock NPT access on UDP port 123 to sync your clock with one of the servers." What is NPT and UDP port 123?
NPT is a protocal. UDP port 123 uses that protocal. A protocal is "a set of formalized rules that explains how data is communicated over a network. Think of it as a language spoken between computers to help them communicate better." The UDP port uses the NPT protocal. NPT is an abbreviation of "Network Time Protocal." Read more about the UDP Port 123 and NPT in this link.
I thank you kindly for your generous effort, but if you have read earlier posts, you would have seen that I have already solved his problem. I appreciate your help and I bet he does as well, but next time, please do not barge into another thread without seeing if someone who is already knowledgable is working it and is helping the person solve the problem. Thank you.
Thanks Davet50. I have already tried that several times but it always gives me an error message ("an error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with time-a.nist.gov"). I am having to manually synchronize the clock every time I start my computer.
Ok, so I tried to follow what they said on those websites that SC provided for me. I use McAfee so I had to allow the ntp port. I fiddled around with it and it seems to be working for me. I sure hope it keeps working! Thanks much!!
S.C
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June 23rd, 2008 18:00
Try some things mentioned in this link or here
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NPT is a protocal. UDP port 123 uses that protocal. A protocal is "a set of formalized rules that explains how data is communicated over a network. Think of it as a language spoken between computers to help them communicate better." The UDP port uses the NPT protocal. NPT is an abbreviation of "Network Time Protocal." Read more about the UDP Port 123 and NPT in this link.
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Davet50,
I thank you kindly for your generous effort, but if you have read earlier posts, you would have seen that I have already solved his problem. I appreciate your help and I bet he does as well, but next time, please do not barge into another thread without seeing if someone who is already knowledgable is working it and is helping the person solve the problem. Thank you.
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June 26th, 2008 20:00
Try this first.
right click on the clock in the taskbar
Select Adjust date/time
Select internet time
Select change settings.
Check box Synchronize with an Internet time server
select the server time-a.nist.gov
check the current time display
Click on update now if the time changes then you are set and don't need to to the udp and port thing
Click ok untill you exit.
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