W32Time Error

[gOber]

Hi,

I always got error logs from eventviewer W32Time. why?

This error logs:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: W32Time

Event Category: None

Event ID: 17

Date: 8/13/2008

Time: 5:37:57 PM

User: N/A

Computer: ARGENTINA

Description:

Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually configured peer 'NTP_server_IP_Address,0x8'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 15 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: W32Time

Event Category: None

Event ID: 29

Date: 8/13/2008

Time: 5:37:57 PM

User: N/A

Computer: ARGENTINA

Description:

The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 14 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: W32Time

Event Category: None

Event ID: 17

Date: 8/13/2008

Time: 5:37:57 PM

User: N/A

Computer: ARGENTINA

Description:

Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually configured peer 'NTP_server_IP_Address,0x8'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 15 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: W32Time

Event Category: None

Event ID: 29

Date: 8/13/2008

Time: 5:37:57 PM

User: N/A

Computer: ARGENTINA

Description:

The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 14 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Anyone help me?

Thanks

Regards,

Shen

[Mijzelf]

You have a bad configured DNS, in which case you can hardly access the internet, or somehow you've got a wrong timeserver configured. Goto ControlPanel->Date and Time->Tab Internet Time. The default server is time.windows.com, but you can use any NTP server you like.

[gOber]

You have a bad configured DNS, in which case you can hardly access the internet, or somehow you've got a wrong timeserver configured. Goto ControlPanel->Date and Time->Tab Internet Time. The default server is time.windows.com, but you can use any NTP server you like.

THanks you for your reply.

My configured default used time.windows.com server. But i still got this error. Btw how to configured DNS?

THanks

Shen

[Mijzelf]

DNS configuration is a part of the TCP/IP settings. Goto ControlPanel->Network Connections, rightclick your connection, choose properties, select TCP/IP, press Properties. In most cases the DNS addresses are dynamically assigned by DHCP.

You can check if the DNS works for you by entering 'ping time.windows.com' on a command prompt. If it mentions an ip address the DNS works OK. (Pinging will fail however, the MS timeserver doesn't reply to ping packets).

Your problem can also be caused by a firewall. SVCHOST uses UDP port 123 to connect to the timeserver.

[gOber]

DNS configuration is a part of the TCP/IP settings. Goto ControlPanel->Network Connections, rightclick your connection, choose properties, select TCP/IP, press Properties. In most cases the DNS addresses are dynamically assigned by DHCP.

You can check if the DNS works for you by entering 'ping time.windows.com' on a command prompt. If it mentions an ip address the DNS works OK. (Pinging will fail however, the MS timeserver doesn't reply to ping packets).

Your problem can also be caused by a firewall. SVCHOST uses UDP port 123 to connect to the timeserver.

Hello Again,

Btw how to allow UDP port 123?

Thanks

sHen

[malmal]

I got the same problem on one XP box.

[gOber]

I got the same problem on one XP box.

I already solve my problem. If you use firewall you must setting at your firewall

Thank

[malmal]

Got the problem on all my XP boxes.

Thanks Mijzelf and gOber for the fix. It's working so far.