Anando [MVP] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Are you using some sort of a firewall which might be blocking the NTP port ?
>
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> "tdunne" <tdunne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6BE32079-07FA-402F-BB11-9321152DF108@microsoft.com...
> > When I try to synch my clock with the internet time option and enter update I
> > receive the following message.
> >
> > An error occured getting the status of the las synchronization. Access is
> > denied.
> >
> > I've done some research and tried a few fixes but nothing has worked.
> >
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > T Dunne

I don't know whether the automatic synchronization facility in
Windows-XP has ever worked for my home computer. It always used to give
an error message, and I have unchecked it. I do a manual synchro once
in a while, using nistime-32bit.exe, downloadable from
ftp://time.nist.gov/pub/daytime/nistime-32bit.exe. It is a small
program (266,843 b) and has been working quite well. At the same time,
I doubt whether time can really be synchronized to an accuracy of a few
milliseconds or even to one-tenth of a second.