http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262680
A list of the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) time servers that are available on the
Internet (if you haven't already tried them - all servers)
Just type in the combo listbox.
No registry editing.
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"Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6196C873-E5CB-4A1A-9489-38613FC3B578@microsoft.com...
|I searched all over this forum and MS and got no results for this error,
| sorry to have posted a duplicate but when the search says nothing found,
| whats a poor boy to do.
|
|
| I have the same problem, all time servers will result in the error. Old PC's
| without the latest patches and PC's with all of them. Same error.
|
| The time sample was rejected because the peers stratum is less than the
| hosts stratum."
|
|
| "You Know Who ~" wrote:
|
| > I am having the same problem, and switching servers does not do the trick
| > for me. Running standard windows firewall (anti-virus fully disabled) so
| > that should not be the problem. Win XP with latest updates.
| >
| > --
| >
| > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
| > "Clothes make the man. Naked people have
| > little or no influence in society" Mark Twain (1835-1910)
| > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
| >
| >
| > "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
| > news:PfTP8DPbe6IGFwC5@black.hole...
| > > David, you just posted this half an hour ago in your second thread and I
| > > just replied to it. . . I know it's frustrating when you're waiting for an
| > > answer, but it's really better to stick to one thread.
| > >
| > > Never mind. . .
| > >
| > > I think the point of directing you to that Microsoft article was to have
| > > you try some other time servers. Did you? (If you're not sure how, you
| > > just go to Control Panel | Date and Time |Internet Time, click the server
| > > name box to highlight it and type in the name of the new server. Then
| > > click Update Now and see if it works :-)
| > >
| > >
| > > David Black <DavidBlack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Mon, 16 Apr
| > > 2007:
| > >
| > >>When I try to sync my clock I get the following message: An error
| > >>occurred
| > >>while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com. The time sample
| > >>was
| > >>rejected because: The peer's stratum is less than the host's stratum.
| > >>
| > >>The first response I got was due to many problems with that server,
| > >>"time.windows.com" was always the first thing to be changed on my WinXP
| > >>systems. See if this article helps "A list of the Simple Network Time
| > >>Protocol (SNTP) time servers that are available on the Internet"
| > >>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262680. When I went to that web page
| > >>there
| > >>was only one site
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ntp.html where you could
| > >>download anything that might correct the problem. After downloading
| > >>Windows
| > >>could not open the downloaded file, so it was of no help.
| > >>
| > >>The second response I got was Install *both* updates if not already done:
| > >>
| > >>1. "Update for Windows XP (KB931836)"
| > >>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...g=en&FamilyID=
| > >>66f1420c-df2d-400b-a8a9-ef9061a9a3ca
| > >>
| > >>2. "Update for Windows XP (KB932590)"
| > >>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...g=en&FamilyID=
| > >>1b38b995-a6f2-4703-95fc-f504ef4e4f39
| > >>
| > >>I had previously downloaded both of the above updates and still had the
| > >>problem. I would appreciate any help in getting this issue resolved.
| > >>
| > >
| > > --
| > > Nightowl
| >
| >
| >