This is Vista support group - please repost to the specific Windows XP one,
or the general one.
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Mike Brannigan
"edh" <edh@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>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.