(Workshop) Synchronizing time on your computer

Granted, it's important for us to have an accurate clock ticking in the
background in the computer so when we make a chart w OUR software, it
will be an accurate one, and also for Horary and Electoral charts (I
mean when you look at the comp's time and ask a q).

This post is meant more for the computer non-savvy among us, so, here it
goes.

I'm talking about synching the clock that has its icon in the
bottom-right corner of the taskbar, the bar at the bottom of the screen.

The How-to (this is a quote from a Dummies article about it):

"Make Windows set your computer's clock automatically.

[...]

Windows XP comes with that feature built-in. To set it, follow these
steps:

1. Double-click the clock in your Taskbar.

2. Click the Internet Time tab.

3. Choose the option marked "Automatically synchronize with an Internet
time server."

Windows then synchronizes your clock automatically on a weekly basis.
(If you don't have a continuous connection to the Internet, click the
Update Now button whenever you're connected, so Windows XP will know
when to contact the atomic clock.) If you're having problems with the
feature, look up Time Synchronization in the Help program to see what's
wrong."

End of quote

I myself chose to synch it w time.nist.gov (NIST -National Institute of
Standards and Technology), not w time.windows.com, for the simple reason
that I would trust the NIST more than Microsoft in this particular
issue.

For a more detailed explanation of how to config Win 2k and Win XP to
use NIST Time Servers, see this:

BTW, the clock program, when opened, gives the possibility of setting
the time zone of your clock, another important issue for us.
It shows on the Time Zone tab. Click and set it rightly, hehe...

Have fun,

Dan the Bell Ringer