"Jay T. Blocksom" <usenet01+SPAMBLOCK@appropriate-tech.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:04:01 -0400, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "mto"
> <nobody@dontsendmeanyspam.thanks> wrote:
> >

> [snip]
> >
> > Don't know about NT 2000 but XP checks the time of the system clock

about
> > weekly. Gives two choices - microsoft and the national clock.

> [snip]
>
> But surely, it doesn't use the stone-age "Daytime" service for this.
>
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No clue what service it uses. Mine is set to time.nist.gov. Just giving
Capps an explanation as to why his machine is constantly trying to fetch the
time from MS.