Time synchronization error - 'The handle is invalid'

My PC fails when it tries to update its time over the internet. Can anyone
help?

I have a new XP, SP2 PC - Media edition 2005, completely up to date. It is a
home PC, connected to the internet over BT Broadband.

When I try to synch using the 'update now' button in Control panel I get 'An
error occurred getting the status of the last synchronization. The handle is
invalid.'

In the event log, I get a W32time warning 'The time provider 'NtpClient'
returned an error while updating its configuration. The error will be
ignored. The error was: The handle is invalid. (0x80070006)'.

I've tried updating from a number of time servers, including
time.windows.com, uk.pool.ntp.org, time.nist.gov . They all give the same
error.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

My pc also fails have tried everything mentioned nothing works. Im on xp
,sp2 media 2002 home pc on dail-up I don't think the timer ever attempted to
sync.
thanks for all the info learned a lot, but still looking for brass ring.
Marisa Moscoso
"Eric Baines" wrote:

> My PC fails when it tries to update its time over the internet. Can anyone
> help?
>
> I have a new XP, SP2 PC - Media edition 2005, completely up to date. It is a
> home PC, connected to the internet over BT Broadband.
>
> When I try to synch using the 'update now' button in Control panel I get 'An
> error occurred getting the status of the last synchronization. The handle is
> invalid.'
>
> In the event log, I get a W32time warning 'The time provider 'NtpClient'
> returned an error while updating its configuration. The error will be
> ignored. The error was: The handle is invalid. (0x80070006)'.
>
> I've tried updating from a number of time servers, including
> time.windows.com, uk.pool.ntp.org, time.nist.gov . They all give the same
> error.
>
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?