Hello.I hope I am in the right forum to ask this. I miss doing crossposting in msnews.microsoft.com newsgroups.I noticed sometimes my old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3's internet time synchronizations with a time server, fail for whatever reasons. Is there a way to have it automatically try a different NTP server automatically if the current one failed?The reason why I ask is because my Windows/PC's time/clock seems to drift slowly a lot when I use DVI and watch videos. You can read http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?p=1336503761 , http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=279&threadid=146947 , and http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati/browse_frm/thread/e295263549e7bfea ... So far, we're all stomped. :(Thank you in advance. :)Ant @ Ant's Quality Foraged Links (http://aqfl.net) and The Ant Farm (http://antfarm.ma.cx).1 person needs an answerI do too

Manually in the registry at the NtpServer value at:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\ParametersSee here for more information:Configuring the Time Service: NtpServer and SpecialPollInterval Or at the command prompt with the w32tm utility, example:w32tm /config /update /manualpeerlist:"time.windows.com,0x8 time.nist.gov,0x8" /syncfromflags:manual Or with the deprecated NET TIME /SETSNTP command, example:net time /setsntp:"<servername> <servername>" John

Manually in the registry at the NtpServer value at:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\ParametersSee here for more information:Configuring the Time Service: NtpServer and SpecialPollInterval Or at the command prompt with the w32tm utility, example:w32tm /config /update /manualpeerlist:"time.windows.com,0x8 time.nist.gov,0x8" /syncfromflags:manual Or with the deprecated NET TIME /SETSNTP command, example:net time /setsntp:"<servername> <servername>"Thanks John, but I am confused since this is technical. Does this look correct from my exported registry?Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32TimeClass Name: <NO CLASS>Last Write Time: 2/19/2011 - 3:19 PMValue 0 Name: Description Type: REG_SZ Data: Maintains date and time synchronization on all clients and servers in the network. If this service is stopped, date and time synchronization will be unavailable. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.Value 1 Name: DisplayName Type: REG_SZ Data: Windows TimeValue 2 Name: ErrorControl Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1Value 3 Name: Group Type: REG_SZ Data: Value 4 Name: ImagePath Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ Data: %SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcsValue 5 Name: Objectname Type: REG_SZ Data: LocalSystemValue 6 Name: Start Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x2Value 7 Name: Type Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x20Value 8 Name: FailureActions Type: REG_BINARY Data: 00000000 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 ................00000010 64 00 20 00 01 00 00 00 - 60 ea 00 00 01 00 00 00 d. .....`ê......00000020 60 ea 00 00 `ê..Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\ConfigClass Name: <NO CLASS>Last Write Time: 7/15/2008 - 12:02 AMValue 0 Name: LastClockRate Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x2625aValue 1 Name: MinClockRate Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x260d4Value 2 Name: MaxClockRate Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x263e0Value 3 Name: FrequencyCorrectRate Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x4Value 4 Name: PollAdjustFactor Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x5Value 5 Name: LargePhaseOffset Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x138800Value 6 Name: SpikeWatchPeriod Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x5aValue 7 Name: HoldPeriod Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x5Value 8 Name: MaxPollInterval Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0xfValue 9 Name: LocalClockDispersion Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0xaValue 10 Name: EventLogFlags Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x2Value 11 Name: PhaseCorrectRate Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1Value 12 Name: MinPollInterval Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0xaValue 13 Name: UpdateInterval Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x57e40Value 14 Name: MaxNegPhaseCorrection Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0xd2f0Value 15 Name: MaxPosPhaseCorrection Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0xd2f0Value 16 Name: AnnounceFlags Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0xaValue 17 Name: MaxAllowedPhaseOffset Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\ParametersClass Name: <NO CLASS>Last Write Time: 2/20/2011 - 3:06 AMValue 0 Name: ServiceMain Type: REG_SZ Data: SvchostEntry_W32TimeValue 1 Name: ServiceDll Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ Data: C:\WINDOWS\System32\w32time.dllValue 2 Name: NtpServer Type: REG_SZ Data: 1.us.pool.ntp.org,0x1Value 3 Name: Type Type: REG_SZ Data: NTPKey Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\SecurityClass Name: <NO CLASS>Last Write Time: 7/15/2008 - 12:02 AMValue 0 Name: Security Type: REG_BINARY Data: 00000000 01 00 14 80 a8 00 00 00 - b4 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 ....¨...´.......00000010 30 00 00 00 02 00 1c 00 - 01 00 00 00 02 80 14 00 0...............00000020 ff 01 0f 00 01 01 00 00 - 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 ÿ...............00000030 02 00 78 00 05 00 00 00 - 00 00 14 00 8d 00 02 00 ..x.............00000040 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 05 - 0b 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 ................00000050 ff 01 0f 00 01 02 00 00 - 00 00 00 05 20 00 00 00 ÿ........... ...00000060 20 02 00 00 00 00 18 00 - 8d 00 02 00 01 02 00 00 ...............00000070 00 00 00 05 20 00 00 00 - 23 02 00 00 00 00 14 00 .... ...#.......00000080 9d 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 - 00 00 00 05 04 00 00 00 ................00000090 00 00 18 00 9d 00 00 00 - 01 02 00 00 00 00 00 05 ................000000a0 20 00 00 00 21 02 00 00 - 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 05 ...!...........000000b0 12 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 - 00 00 00 05 12 00 00 00 ................Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProvidersClass Name: <NO CLASS>Last Write Time: 7/15/2008 - 12:02 AMKey Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClientClass Name: <NO CLASS>Last Write Time: 2/20/2011 - 2:42 AMValue 0 Name: Enabled Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1Value 1 Name: InputProvider Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1Value 2 Name: AllowNonstandardModeCombinations Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1Value 3 Name: CrossSiteSyncFlags Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x2Value 4 Name: ResolvePeerBackoffMinutes Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0xfValue 5 Name: ResolvePeerBackoffMaxTimes Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x7Value 6 Name: CompatibilityFlags Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x80000000Value 7 Name: EventLogFlags Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1Value 8 Name: DllName Type: REG_SZ Data: C:\WINDOWS\System32\w32time.dllValue 9 Name: SpecialPollTimeRemaining Type: REG_MULTI_SZ Data: time.windows.com,7b6e386 Value 10 Name: SpecialPollInterval Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x12cKey Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpServerClass Name: <NO CLASS>Last Write Time: 7/15/2008 - 12:02 AMValue 0 Name: Enabled Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1Value 1 Name: InputProvider Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x0Value 2 Name: AllowNonstandardModeCombinations Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1Value 3 Name: DllName Type: REG_SZ Data: C:\WINDOWS\System32\w32time.dllKey Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\EnumClass Name: <NO CLASS>Last Write Time: 2/19/2011 - 3:19 PMValue 0 Name: 0 Type: REG_SZ Data: Root\LEGACY_W32TIME\0000Value 1 Name: Count Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1Value 2 Name: NextInstance Type: REG_DWORD Data: 0x1 Also, I still get errors once in a while.Ant @ Ant's Quality Foraged Links (http://aqfl.net) and The Ant Farm (http://antfarm.ma.cx).

To restore the default entries remove and reinstall the Time service. At the command prompt:net stop w32timew32tm /unregisterw32tm /unregisterw32tm /registernet start w32timeNote that the /unregister command is not a typo, run it twice as shown.You can then change/add secondary time servers as shown in my earlier post.John