>
>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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