Do you know that the internal design of PC clocks cannot guarantee their accuracy. Most PC clocks gain or lose from several seconds to several minutes each day. Perhaps you have many clocks in your home or office? But what the mater is that they really accurate? Do not take it for a negligible thing. For example, most computer networks rely on clocks. When the clocks in these computers do not agree with each other or with the correct time, several negative consequences may arise, including: Operations failure, data loss or security holes. Want to have that clock be the clock on the PC you're using right now? The time synchronizer is a good choice. There are some powerful and handy time synchronization tools I will recommend to you. They are: ArGoSoft Time Synchronizer, AtomSync, PC Atomic Sync, Atomic Time Synchronizer and Network Time System. Following are the detailed introductions of them.

Looking for a free time synchronization utility? ArGoSoft Time Synchronizer is just for you! ArGoSoft Time Synchronizer synchronizes our computer clock over the Internet with a public time server, that uses an atomic clock. We can easily set it up to startup at Windows boot, automatically connect to a time server, synchronize the system clock and then quit - that way it does not consume any further resources. If we need to make sure that our time is synchronized at all times, we can choose to minimize it to the tray and update the time every X minutes. ArGoSoft Time Synchronizer also can be used on any TCP/IP network to synchronize the time with any time server. Time Synchronizer is a pure service application. It will run only with Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003. It will not install and run on Windows 95 or Windows 98. ArGoSoft Time Synchronizer is completely transparent and runs as background process. It is controlled via control panel. To change settings, go to Control Panel, and double click ArGoSoft Time Synchronizer icon. This application is freeware, and can be used without any restrictions.

Want to an professional time synchronization utility? AtomSync is the best choice for you! AtomSync is an advanced time synchronization utility that can be used on a standalone PC, or can act as a time server synchronizing our entire LAN. AtomSync allows our machine to connect to an internet time server of our choice and retrieve the official time. The program can handle automated or user activated adjustments when necessary. It can be scheduled to check time on a user defined schedule and offers customizable figures for acceptable time differences. Additional features include optional user pop-up notification when time adjustments are needed, WAV file notification of time adjustment as well as integration with Microsoft Agent for spoken and animated user notifications. The tray icon indicates the status of our time, using a customizable color coding. When registered at the server level and running in a network environment, AtomSync can function as a time server and broadcast the correct time to all machines in our workgroup.

PC Atomic Sync is a unique time synchronization utility in the world. It will synchronize our system time with an Internet time server of our choice. It offers some additional features that let us customize our local time by shifting it past or ahead of the real time (e.g always 5 minutes behind) and it can also make sure that our time is never adjusted for more than X minutes. PC Atomic Sync can run on-demand or synchronize our time automatically on a daily, hourly or startup basis. PC Atomic Sync woks so it starts when we load our system and exits immediately if synchronization already occured. Otherwise it checks for an Internet connection, tries to synchronize the time and exits after synchronizing. The synchronization takes place in auto mode while we are checking mail or reading a Web page. The program uses a very reliable time source, the Time Service Department of U.S. Naval Observatory. It is official Source of Time for the Department of Defense and serves as the standard of time for the United States. Unique features include Devid's Time Offset option, which lets us set our PC clock little ahead or backwards. PC Atomic Sync uses the list of 19 presetting atomic time servers, that are situated all over the world (USA, UK, Australia, France, Germany etc.). They are open NTP (Network Time Protocol) servers. If one of the servers does not work the program chooses another. There is a procedure that tests all servers and shows network delays for them. We can add additional servers to the list. It is really important only for professional users. Any server allows us synchronize our computer with precision less then 0.1 sec with high probability. Overall, this software is a computer clock synchronizer with unique features.

If you are a beginner who need an easy to use yet powerful enough time synchronization utility, then Atomic Time Synchronizer is just for you! Atomic Time Synchronizer is a small, simple yet powerful enough utility to keep our PC clock synchronized with an NIST atomic time server. We can set it to check every X hours and automatically sync our PC clock when it differs from the official time. In addition, Atomic Time Synchronizer can also act as a time server, allowing other machines on the network to connect and retrieve the time. It supports Socks4, Socks4A, Socks5, and HTTP proxies. In a word, Atomic Time Synchronizer is a useful and handy utility to keep our PC clock accurate.

If you have a LAN and need to synchronize all computers in your network, then you can choose Network Time System. Network Time System is a client/server time system that lets us synchronize our entire network from a central time server that synchronizes with external sources. The time server supports TCP/IP, IPX, and NetBEUI, as well as UDP broadcasting and comes with built-in firewall security to control access to the server. It can check up to three external time sources simultaneously, with support for firewall and proxy connections. Both, the server and clients can run as NT service, making sure that the time is always synchronized, even if we are logged off. The client applications can automatically detect the time server on the network, so they require little or no configuration.

Is there a suited time synchronization utility for you? Want to keep your PC clock accurate all along? What are you waiting for? Download your favorite time synchronization utility and try it now!