Guy Thomas

I don't wish to be a party pooper, but when I tried Richard's tip, I found
that the value at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient

was already set to 3600.

When I pressed F3 (Find Next)
No more instances.

Guy.

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O0wsF8zXHHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> There are enough new people here that I feel I should post this again.
>
>
> I found this reply I wrote to a question on 10/28/2001. It is still
> applicable to, and
> works just fine with Vista. I have added what additional may help with
> Vista:
>
>
> "Windows XP, as loaded, automatically updates the system time every 7 days
> from one of two time servers (more choices available in Vista). This
> interval can be changed as follows:
>
> Go to Start. Type run in the search box (new for Vista).
>
> In the search box type regedit.
>
> Using regedit, search (press ctrl/F) for "specialpollinterval" without the
> quotes.
>
> Double click on the key in the right screen.
>
> Click on decimal.
>
> You will see that the decimal value is 604800, the number of seconds in 7
> days.
>
> Highlight the number to edit this decimal value to any value you desire,
> remembering that there are
> 86400 seconds in one day, 3600 seconds in an hour.
>
> Click OK
>
> Press F3 to find the next instance of the same key
>
> Do the above for each instance of the value "specialpollinterval".
>
> When you get to the end of the registry, close the window.
>
> Reboot system.
>
> You have now changed the polling interval of when your computer will
> update
> it's internal clock with that of the internet time server.
>
> Cheers!!!"
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban MVP
> Microsoft Windows Shell/User
>
>