
Quote: Originally Posted by
edh
I read a past thread, but the suggestions on that page do not seem to fix my
problem. I own a Dell Computer with Windows XP. I have noticed the time in
the taskbar slipping further and further behind. Each time I try to use the
Change settings button on the Internet Time tab in Date and Time it gives me
a message saying an error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with
(which ever time server I choose here). I understand this must be a firewall
problem, but I cannot seem to figure out how to let my firewall know this is
OK. I currently have Windows firewall turned off because I have McAfee
SecurityCenter running. I have tried to figure out how to allow the firewall
know that these servers are OK but could not sucessfully find out how to do
this. Any suggesstions? (Currently the computer is set to automatically synch
once every seven days, but as I stated even these automatic synchs seem to
give the same error messages.) Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong, or
how to overcome this firewall setting would be appreciated.
Hi edh,
Check your firewall program to see if it blocked the
NPT access on UDP port 123. It should be set to open or allow.
You might take a look at the WARNING section at the top of this tutorial to. It will show you some other areas to check as well.
Internet Time Synchronization
Shawn