Synapse Syndrome [Wed, 1 Aug 2007 02:00:51 +0100] wrote:
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>"Ian Betts" <igb123@talktalk.net> wrote in message
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>> I find them useless as well, I do not think it works at all.
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>It works just as well it ever did in XP. Its just the the default servers
>maybe overloaded.[/color]

I can confirm this.
I also took the liberty to modify the registry, so that time
synchronization takes place once an hour instead of once a week.
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>There are many NTP servers from all around the world that you could use, and
>you should choose one that is near to you. I live in the UK, and I find the
>uk.pool.ntp.org works flawlessly for me.[/color]

I live in Belgium and synchronize my Vista time with "de.pool.ntp.org".

More info here: [url]http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers[/url]

Marco