An error occured while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com

newsagestar · 10-23-2004, 01:51 AM

When I click on "update now" in "Date and Time Properties," "Internet tab" I get a "An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com. The time sample was rejected because:peer's stratum is less than the host's stratum," message.

davidsf444 · 08-05-2007, 01:20 PM

I had the same problem. Found that the Windows default time providers were not working for me, but that "tick.usno.navy.mil" does work fine. To fix it:

Choose Start, Run, type regedit and hit ENTER (to edit the registry).
Navigate to:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/DateTime/Servers]

Right click on the first line and choose "Modify" and change the data element to 1.
(This will select the first time provider on your list as the default provider).
Right click on the second line, choose "Modify" and change the data element to:

tick.usno.navy.mil

You can add more time servers if you wish, for example:

"2"="time-a.nist.gov"
"3"="time-b.nist.gov"
"4"="128.105.37.11"
"5"="europe.pool.ntp.org"
"6"="clock.isc.org"
"7"="north-america.pool.ntp.org"
"8"="time.windows.com"
"9"="time.nist.gov"

Closing the registry editor will automatically save your changes.
Open the Date and Time Properties/Internet time and scroll down the new list.

10-23-2004, 01:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
newsagestar Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP	An error occured while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com When I click on "update now" in "Date and Time Properties," "Internet tab" I get a "An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com. The time sample was rejected because:peer's stratum is less than the host's stratum," message.

08-05-2007, 01:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
davidsf444 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Re: An error occured while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com I had the same problem. Found that the Windows default time providers were not working for me, but that "tick.usno.navy.mil" does work fine. To fix it: Choose Start, Run, type regedit and hit ENTER (to edit the registry). Navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/DateTime/Servers] Right click on the first line and choose "Modify" and change the data element to 1. (This will select the first time provider on your list as the default provider). Right click on the second line, choose "Modify" and change the data element to: tick.usno.navy.mil You can add more time servers if you wish, for example: "2"="time-a.nist.gov" "3"="time-b.nist.gov" "4"="128.105.37.11" "5"="europe.pool.ntp.org" "6"="clock.isc.org" "7"="north-america.pool.ntp.org" "8"="time.windows.com" "9"="time.nist.gov" Closing the registry editor will automatically save your changes. Open the Date and Time Properties/Internet time and scroll down the new list.