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| | Vista Ultimate NTP updates do not work I absolutely cannot get NTP updates to work for Vista Ultimate. I've got a public IP address (no PAT), and I'm not behind a firewall; I've tried completely disabling the Windows firewall to no avail as well. Unregistering and re-registering the w32tm service does not help. Here's the batch file that I created which does nothing: net stop w32time w32tm /unregister [ignore error message] w32tm /unregister [enter a second time] w32tm /register reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\w32time\parameters\ /v NtpServer /t reg_sz /d time.nist.gov /f net start w32time Here are all the NTP server that I've tried: time.windows.com does not update time.nist.gov does not update tick.usno.navy.mil does not update time-nw.nist.gov does not update time-a.nist.gov does not update time-b.nist.gov does not update I've read about other folks out there having problems with Windows NTP, but none of the workarounds (not fixes, as there doesn't appear to have been one released by Microsoft to fix the real problem...whatever it is) has worked for me. There's no way I'm going to pay 60 bucks to talk to someone at Microsoft about a problem that seems to be affecting large numbers of users in the community, so any help that someone could offer would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully I can find someone out there who has figured out a way to work around this problem. Thanks, David |
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| | Re: Vista Ultimate NTP updates do not work "zofodraziw" <zofodraziw@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht news:13498FC3-9DDA-4E62-87F8-93E372AD31AE@microsoft.com... >I absolutely cannot get NTP updates to work for Vista Ultimate. I've got a > public IP address (no PAT), and I'm not behind a firewall; I've tried > completely disabling the Windows firewall to no avail as well. Are you SURE you are not behind a firewall? My Windows Beveiligingscentrum says I am behind _two_ firewalls: McAfee Personal Firewall ingeschakeld Windows Firewall ingeschakeld But I _know_ I am actually behind _three_ firewalls. My SpeedTouch 546 ADSL modem has a built-in firewall as well. In my case to get NTP working I had to open the NTP 123 port in just one of the firewalls, the McAfee one. |
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| | Re: Vista Ultimate NTP updates do not work I am absolutely certain that I am not behind a firewall (I engineer the network, and we are a service provider). I do not use personal firewall software, and I do not have a network firewall or a SOHO-type NAT/PAT router. This machine is on a public network, with a public IP address, and the associated routers are Juniper, Foundry and Cisco (doing nothing but moving lots of bits--no firewall or ACL services). One may question the sanity of having a Windows (especially Vista) machine exposed in this manner, but the risks associated with this particular system are low. I'm going to try an explicit permit on the Windows fw for UDP 123, just in case "disabling" the fw doesn't really do everything you'd expect. I don't hold much hope, though, and figure I'll be calling Dell to swap out the OS for XP--it's quite sad that PC manufacturers are having to fall back to allowing that option. "Chris Jacobs" wrote: > > "zofodraziw" <zofodraziw@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht > news:13498FC3-9DDA-4E62-87F8-93E372AD31AE@microsoft.com... > >I absolutely cannot get NTP updates to work for Vista Ultimate. I've got a > > public IP address (no PAT), and I'm not behind a firewall; I've tried > > completely disabling the Windows firewall to no avail as well. > > Are you SURE you are not behind a firewall? > > My Windows Beveiligingscentrum says I am behind _two_ firewalls: > > McAfee Personal Firewall ingeschakeld > Windows Firewall ingeschakeld > > But I _know_ I am actually behind _three_ firewalls. > > My SpeedTouch 546 ADSL modem has a built-in firewall as well. > > In my case to get NTP working I had to open the NTP 123 port in just one of > the firewalls, the McAfee one. > > |
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