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The Internet Time Service (ITS) in its default state does not work with the Windows XP/2003 Personal Firewall enabled on a dial-up connection.
To reenable this ability while maintaining your firewall follow these steps: go to My Network Places -> Network Tasks sidebar -> View Network Connections -> right-click your account name -> select Properties -> click the Advanced tab -> click Settings -> click Add -> type "Internet Time Service" for the description -> type 127.0.0.1 for the IP -> type 123 for both External and Internal port numbers -> select TCP -> click OK until all dialog boxes disappear.
If you are online, a message will pop up stating that you need to disconnect and reconnect for these settings to take effect.
From now on double-click the system tray Clock and select Update Now from the Internet Time tab whenever you want to synchronize your computer's time with one of the available atomic clocks.