> > system clock seems to stop dead whenever I put the machine 
> to sleep or 
> > in hibernation. Also, its system clock will lose 50 minutes 
> randomly 
> > while using the machine.
> >
> > Has anyone had a problem like this before? Any solutions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   
> I'll focus on the NTP side of things. Keeping your system 
> clock accurate is easy if you enable NTP as a system service. 
> I use Win2000, but XP should be similar.


XP only syncs once a day, not sure if you can change that.  There are plenty
of little apps out there that do this.  

The default server is time.windows.com, I wonder how may hits a day that
gets.

Doesn't really solve you problem I know...

Tony

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