Just for reference, you can configure your Windows 2000, 2003 and XP systems to use this by executing the following: net time /setsntp:ntp.msu.edu net stop w32time && net start w32time -t On 4/13/09 6:50 PM, "Doug Nelson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You can use any of the central name servers - recommended IP addresses > are 35.8.2.41 and 35.8.98.43. These correspond to the DNS name > "ntp.msu.edu". > > I don't know exactly where this setting would be under all variants of > Windows. Under Windows XP, you can find it under the Date and Time > Properties on the Internet Time tab. The "NET TIME" command also has > options for setting and querying time servers. > > Doug > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 06:50:56PM -0400, Clifford Beckett wrote: > >> Hi NAG >> Is there a recommend official time source on campus that we can access >> to set a local PC's clock and a departmental server's (Windows 2003) >> clock. What program is best to keep a pc with a bad clock synced to >> this time source? (updates once per hour should be adequate) >> Thanks >> Cliff >> >> -- >> Clifford L. Beckett office: 517-355-4659 >> Electronic System Designer cell: 517-449-8226 >> A411 E. Fee fax: 517-353-0789 >> OMM Department email: [log in to unmask] >> Michigan State University web: www.obl.msu.edu >> East Lansing MI, 48824 -- Troy Murray Systems/Database Administrator Michigan State University Clinical And Translational Sciences Biomedical Research Informatics Core (BRIC) 100 Conrad Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-432-4248 Fax: 517-353-9420 E-mail: [log in to unmask] AOL IM: troymurray72