Updating time via time.nist.gov

[shivinder]

I have installed Windows XP with all the updates and when I go to update my Date and Time, then I am getting an error message that says 'error occurred while windows was synchronizing with time.nist.gov.' It is all that it says. I have disabled the firewall on my computer but still get the same issue. Please help me. Thanks.

[fumble]

Have you tried changing the time server to time.windows.com in the Internet Time tab drop-down menu. Even I used to have same problem with time.nist.gov but now it is working fine.

[Metaldigger]

Even I was facing such issues but when I went into my router and then setup port forwarding for UDP 123 so that I can get it to connect to the time servers and then it started working, can you do the same and see if that works for you.

[chupparustam]

Even I am not able to sync this year and I dont know how to add a different "time server". Can anyone tell me how to do this? I dont know much about computers so a noob friendly guide would be appreciated for me. Thanks.

[Techguru01]

All you have to do is just double click the clock in your system tray. After that click the internet time tab and then type in a different time server and then click apply. That is all there is to adding a time server.