# Neat Atomic Clock synchronizer built into Windows XP-- Check it out!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-atomic-clock-synchronizer-built-into-windows-xp-check-it-out/129302>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 23, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-atomic-clock-synchronizer-built-into-windows-xp-check-it-out/129302 "2002-09-23T17:23:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-atomic-clock-synchronizer-built-into-windows-xp-check-it-out/129302/1 "2002-09-23T17:23:30Z")

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[Tip from XP Tune Up](http://www.xptuneup.com/tip0050.htm)

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> Thanks to National Institute of Standards and Technology, It has become much easier to do that via Internet. And there is no need for third party tool if you have bought WINDOWS XP Operating System. Just click on the time (right side of your START bar or panel) and click on INTERNET TIME tab. Select the [time.nist.gov](http://time.nist.gov) and click update now. Your are all set.

Neato!

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-atomic-clock-synchronizer-built-into-windows-xp-check-it-out/129302/2 "2002-09-23T19:23:14Z")

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Just another reason to hate the MIS people in my company. They’ve set the security settings so low for me that I do not even have the proper privledge settings to change my Date/Time settings. This is especially annoying to me since the server time, the time on the time clock and the time on the digital display on the phones are ALL DIFFERENT!

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-atomic-clock-synchronizer-built-into-windows-xp-check-it-out/129302/3 "2002-09-23T22:05:55Z")

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You think that’s bad, **Homebrew** , the computers in one geographical segment of my company are configured so they don’t even have _Start --\> Run_ available.