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NetTime Thingy

Introduction:

NetTime Thingy is a 32-bit Windows95/98/NT4 Internet (Winsock) application which will connect any time server and return its time value.  It compares this value to your PC clock and displays the difference. You can synchronize your PC Clock to this time and even continuously check it to make sure your clock is always correct. NetTime Thingy even supports command line arguments for total hands free usage.

Included with NetTime Thingy is a collection of time servers from all over the world which you can modify and grow if you wish.

NetTime Thingy is a completely free fully functional application. Whats the catch? Well it carries a small non-imposing advertisement. In return we can offer you fully supported feature rich software. Wed like to know what you think of this approach.

Requirements:

NetTime Thingy requires either Windows 95, 98 or NT4. If you using NT4 then you must have Service Pack 3 installed. Other requirements include internet access.

Usage:

NetTime Thingy comes complete with a list of servers, all you have to do is select the one you wish to use.

Options and commands:

•	Automatically Update System Clock
Choose this option if you want to synchronize your PC-Clock with the selected server. NetTime Thingy will automatically make the change, if required.

•	Automatically Check ….
If you have selected to Automatically Update the system clock then you can choose to get NetTime Thingy to update your system clock at a set interval. The interval is in minutes and the range is 1 to 30 minutes. If you have selected this option then you can minimize it and NetTime Thingy will do the rest.

•	Check Now!
Once you have selected a server you can check the time difference (if any) by clicking this button. If you have chosen to Automatically Check then this button will say Start. If you click this then NetTime Thingy will begin checking at the decided interval. The button caption will then change to Stop. Click it in this state will cause it to drop out of the Auto check loop.

•	Comparison Details
This area shows the data received from the selected server and the local time settings. Any errors that occur will also be shown here.

•	Edit Server List
If you wish to maintain the list of servers then click here. It will present the following dialog:

Add, remove or modify the list as you wish. To save the settings just click OK otherwise click cancel.

•	 Help
Brings up this information

•	Close
Use this command to shut down NetTime Thingy. All settings will be saved including any modifications you have made to the server list.

Once you have selected and understand the various options just make your selections / choose your options and click either Check Now! Or Start.

Possible errors:

•	Unable to connect to host:

If a server is unavailable at the time of checking or if you are not online you will get an error saying that NetTime Thingy was unable to connect to the host. To work around this make sure that you are online and / or choose a valid server.

•	The time is out by one hour or more:
If the time appears to wrong (typically by one hour) then make sure that you Time Zone settings (including Day Light saving options) are correct in Control Panel. Time servers report time in the UTC/GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) format.

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END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR "NetTime Thingy"

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Aureate Media reserves the right to terminate this license at any time, at which time you must destroy all copies of the Software you have previously installed.

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