Comments on: Desktop Atomic Clock Software

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:06:14 +0000

I felt much the same as Neal and RG and unruled..

I have nothing against the application though I do believe the paranoia surrounding the data sent to and from Microsofts time server is a bit absurd.

As the others mentioned you can freely select your own time server.

When you chose something other then Microsofts Time Server, I seen no traffic to or from anything other then the time server i selected.

If this tool had offered more features.. I’d be more inclined to use it

*alternate time servers on x failed attempts.

Thanks Again for offering this great site..

By: garbanzo

garbanzo — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:11:17 +0000

this is great, thanks. i don’t run time service, so now i can sync my clock once a month or so. perfect little app.

By: pavid

pavid — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:40:58 +0000

I’ve been using Neutron for quite a while. I turned off the Windows time service and set Neutron to run on a schedule through task manager. Now it shows up at intervals defined by me, synchronizes the time, then disappears. This way, no physical memory remains in use by any time service. Additionally, you can change the .ini file to use the time servers of your choice.

By: RG

RG — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:33:08 +0000

The default time/date sync on every XP I have seen is time-a.nist.gov, and even if it is time.windows.com this ‘transferring data to company X’ has become way too paranoid. I am concerned about my privacy as much as the next guy but worrying about time sync using MS servers is a bit much.

By: unruled

unruled — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:21:14 +0000

Martin, One can also choose time.nist.gov as a time server, as well as type any other URL for a time server in that field.

This tool may be small and nifty, but essentially pointless.

(NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology)

By: AirXq

AirXq — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:19:16 +0000

Thanks, I was searching for that kind of software.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:16:42 +0000

Neal many users do not want to transfer information to Microsoft, even if it is just to sync the Windows clock while others do not want to run the Windows Time service all the time in the background.

By: Neal

Neal — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:15:12 +0000

is this really necessary? you can set up windows to do this automatically, just double-click on the clock in the lower right corner of the screen and set the time server name there. tweakers can find registry settings or tools like x-setup to further fine-tune the interval between settings…