system clock is too slow

Mike Kercher mike at CamaroSS.net
Thu Jul 29 02:48:37 UTC 2004


> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Saltzman
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 2:25 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: system clock is too slow
> 
> 
> 
> Or wear a watch 8^).
> 
> One subtlety I just discovered is that in Windows, *every 
> user* gets to decide if they are going to adjust for DST or 
> not.  I had administrator set right, and I couldn't figure 
> out for ages why I still kept gaining an hour across Windows 
> boots.  I also just discovered that WinXP can run an NTP 
> service.  Just double-click on the clock and choose the 
> "Internet Time" tab.

I'm pretty sure that the Internet Time option goes away when an XP Pro
machine is joined to a domain.  Workstations then sync to the designated
time server for the domain.

Mike





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