INTERNET TIME

The internal clocks in most PCs are usually fairly accurate but they can drift by a few seconds a week. XP has a useful facility that allows you to synchronise your PC to an atomic clock when you are connected to the Internet. The next time you are online double click on the time display on the taskbar and select the Internet Time tab, check the item ‘Automatically Synchronise…’ and click the Update Now button. If the time-server web site selected by default is slow to respond or busy you can find a list of alternate servers at:
http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers