Microsoft don't seem to like to make finding settings details very easy...
On Aug 17, 2014 8:31 AM, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >Microsoft's note on use of Windows Time Service (which has been provided
> as
> >part of Windows since the XP days):
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307897
> >
> >Properly set up, it's accurate enough for most uses (including sniping
> bids
> >on Ebay, which I often used to do). It has been a long time since I delved
> >further into it, but I believe some versions (probably newer than XP?)
> even
> >have a means of compensating for drift rate, which is usually the largest
> >error factor in home PCs, which aren't notoriously stable when it comes to
> >time. NOTE: there are significant differences in setup between "flavors"
> >such as XP Home and XP Professional. I would assume that that's true as
> >well for WinVista, Win7, and Win8.
> >
>
> Aha! That page gives details on how to expand the peer list of time
> standard providers so that you are not limited to the two that are provided
> at installation. That is very useful.
>
>
> Chris
>
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