Internet time server A recent Windows Update (Daylight Saving Time maybe) has messed this up.

Try this. Double click your clock on the taskbar. Date and Time Properties should open. Click on the Internet Time Tab. In the box next to Server, type or paste: time-b.nist.gov Click the Apply button. Then click the Update Now button and wait a while. Close the Date and Time Properties when you see: The time has been successfully... Server... [[Enables you to select the Internet time server with which you want to synchronize your computer clock. Click one of the options or type in an address. The time server time.windows.com is operated by Microsoft, and time.nist.gov is operated by the U.S. government. Other time servers provided by your computers manufacturer might also be listed. You can type the name of a time server if you want to use one that is not listed. Only time servers that use the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) will work. Inserting an Internet address that uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) will not work.]] Update Now button... [[Click to synchronize your computer clock with the selected Internet Time Server. You must be connected to the Internet, and the Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server check box must be selected. If synchronization fails, a message will display below explaining the reason. Most corporate firewalls will block time synchronization, as will some personal firewalls. If the network is too busy or not available for some reason, try again later.]] --------If that doesn't help... An error occurred getting the status of the last synchronization. The RPC Server is unavailable. Make sure that the Windows Time service is running. Open Services...

Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK | Scroll down to and double click Windows Time | If the Startup type is Disabled, set it to Automatic or Manual | Start the service by clicking the Start button | When the service starts, close Services Try to update the time again. Sometimes the server is just busy, try again later. To restore the Windows Time Service if it has been broken. Open a command prompt... Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK | Type: net stop W32Time hit your Enter key. Type: w32tm /unregister hit your Enter key. Type: w32tm /register hit your Enter key. Type: net start W32Time hit your Enter key. Type: sc query W32Time hit your Enter key. It will look something like this... -----------------Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\>net stop W32Time The Windows Time service is not started. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3521. C:\>NET HELPMSG 3521 The *** service is not started. C:\>w32tm /unregister The following error occurred: Access is denied. (0x80070005) C:\>w32tm /register W32Time successfully registered. C:\>net start W32Time

The Windows Time service is starting. The Windows Time service was started successfully. C:\>sc query W32Time SERVICE_NAME: W32Time TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS STATE : 4 RUNNING (STOPPABLE,NOT_PAUSABLE,ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN) WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) CHECKPOINT : 0x0 WAIT_HINT : 0x0 C:\> -----------------If you still are having problems. Maybe run the unregister command, reboot, run the register command and reboot. Type in a command prompt: w32tm /unregister Hit Enter. Close whatever you need to close and reboot. Type in a command prompt: w32tm /register Hit Enter. See if Windows Time is in Services, if not reboot and look again. Explanation. w32tm /register Register to run as a service and add default configuration to the registry. w32tm /unregister Unregister service and remove all configuration information from the registry. For help, type: w32tm /? Also, paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

hh ntcmds.chm::/time_w32tm.htm -Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In news:ms0e33djncljqkkj6fs94spbdm7puqppvk@4ax.com, Ron Boetger <rboetger.DeleteThis@bblink.net> hunted and pecked: > We have a workstation that cannot Auto Synchronize with the Internet > time server > We get "An error occurred getting the status of the last > synchronization. The RPC server is unavailable." > > Any Ideas how to fix this? > Thanks