Time synchronization software windows 7


Time synchronization software windows 7

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What time synchronization software for windows 7 are people using?

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Simon.
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Hi

Here at Bay Trust Radio we use http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/

John
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We use: http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/

Tardis 2000

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Hi Simon,

Our machines use the windows time service modified to a more aggressive synchronization pattern. To do this you will need to run the following commands in an Admin command window. You could also save this into a batch file (.bat) and run that as admin on as many machines as required.

Hope this helps,
John-Michael 
   
ECHO Add Time Service registry entries.
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\List /v "123:UDP" /t REG_SZ /d "123:UDP:*:Enabled:NTP Time Service" /f
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000384" /f
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000001" /f
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient /v "SpecialPollInterval" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000384" /f
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters /v "NtpServer" /t REG_SZ /d "ntp2d.mcc.ac.uk,0x9" /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 1 /t REG_SZ /d ntp2d.mcc.ac.uk /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 2 /t REG_SZ /d ntp.cis.strath.ac.uk /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 3 /t REG_SZ /d time.windows.com /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 4 /t REG_SZ /d time.nist.gov /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 5 /t REG_SZ /d time-nw.nist.gov /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 6 /t REG_SZ /d time-a.nist.gov /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 7 /t REG_SZ /d time-b.nist.gov /f

ECHO Set Service Control For Windows Time Service to When Network Interface Active and restart service.
sc triggerinfo w32time start/networkon stop/networkoff
Net Start w32time

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We have tried most of the above with varying success. The one we currently use, and which is proving to be very reliable, is here:

http://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/sw/ntp.htm#ntp_nt_stable

 
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I had a problem with computer clock, so increased windows clock sync using windows sheduler to 10 to the hour instead of once week on a Sunday.

Attached is xml import file for windows scheduler.

Steve
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Hi Simon,

Form the look of your scheduled task the service is being started every hour and forced to resync. If you are using windows 7 the service will then idle and stop causing the time to begin drifting again. If the sync source is difficult to contact this is likely to fail which will then not update the time. I suggest you follow the instructions from my earlier post to simon,

Hope this helps,

John-Micheal

Hi Simon,

Our machines use the windows time service modified to a more aggressive synchronization pattern. To do this you will need to run the following commands in an Admin command window. You could also save this into a batch file (.bat) and run that as admin on as many machines as required.

Hope this helps,
John-Michael 
   
ECHO Add Time Service registry entries.
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\List /v "123:UDP" /t REG_SZ /d "123:UDP:*:Enabled:NTP Time Service" /f
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000384" /f
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000001" /f
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient /v "SpecialPollInterval" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000384" /f
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters /v "NtpServer" /t REG_SZ /d "ntp2d.mcc.ac.uk,0x9" /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 1 /t REG_SZ /d ntp2d.mcc.ac.uk /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 2 /t REG_SZ /d ntp.cis.strath.ac.uk /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 3 /t REG_SZ /d time.windows.com /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 4 /t REG_SZ /d time.nist.gov /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 5 /t REG_SZ /d time-nw.nist.gov /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 6 /t REG_SZ /d time-a.nist.gov /f
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers /v 7 /t REG_SZ /d time-b.nist.gov /f

ECHO Set Service Control For Windows Time Service to When Network Interface Active and restart service.
sc triggerinfo w32time start/networkon stop/networkoff
Net Start w32time                                                                           

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We use a bit of software called NetTime - http://www.timesynctool.com/

That syncs to a time server which I built to run on a Raspberry Pi with a USB GPS dongle plugged into it. This also is our clock in the studios via some small old TVs.




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