VWS

[Papa_Smoke]

Ye gods! Does NOTHING work right!??

I just downloaded VWS. Tried to run it. Guess what? It says the "PROGRAM HAS EXPIRED" "ENTER LICENSE NUMBER". Really?

I called tech support. "Have you rolled back your clock and run the computer since? THAT is the problem! I MAY have rolled my clock back once or twice or thousands of times. I have the computer set to do this when it gets "off" time. I SERIOUSLY doubt this is the issue.

"Have you deleted the program and restarted it?" No. I deleted the program, downloaded it again, installed it, and THEN restarted it. SAME PROBLEM!

"It must be your computer." REALLY!? I downloaded it onto three computers. One XP and one WIN 7. SAME PROBLEM

Now for my favorite response from Davis tech support:

"I have never heard of that problem. Sorry I can't help". (My plan is to bi%*h him if I ever meet him.)

Has anyone else had this issue? Could you correct it?

[SLOweather]

Please clarify what program the problem is with. The subject says VWS, you say you downloaded VWS, but you posted in a WeatherLink area, and mention Davis support. Davis does not support VWS.

So, VWS or WeatherLink...

[DaculaWeather]

I use a little app to keep the time updated on all my computers called D4 or Dimension 4. I've use this for 10-15 years maybe? You set it up and forget it. My last update was .024 seconds off. I have mine set to update every 15 minutes.

[JACK10562]

Many programs require that you initially open it with "run as administrator" to start the trial clock.

[SlowModem]

I use a little app to keep the time updated on all my computers called D4 or Dimension 4. I've use this for 10-15 years maybe? You set it up and forget it. My last update was .024 seconds off. I have mine set to update every 15 minutes.

I had never heard of that.  I downloaded it and it works great.  I'll install it on all my computers.  The windows time sync thing never seemed to work very well.

Thanks Steve! 

[DaculaWeather]

You're welcome Greg! I use to use it on all of computers at work too. It's rock solid too, NEVER had an issue with it. It occupies about 1MB of memory and uses no CPU time when it sits there.

[JACK10562]

I modified the windows registry to poll the time server every 12 hours (43200 sec) No software needed. You can set it to "900" for a 15 minute poll interval if desired.

Like in hand-grenades and horseshoes: close enough counts.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
SpecialPollInterval REG_DWORD = 43200 (decimal)

The usual warning about the hazards of mucking around modifying your registry apply.

 

[Papa_Smoke]

Please clarify what program the problem is with. The subject says VWS, you say you downloaded VWS, but you posted in a WeatherLink area, and mention Davis support. Davis does not support VWS.

So, VWS or WeatherLink...

SLOweather....you are absolutely right. I posted into the wrong area. I was reading something you wrote in this area and forgot to exit. My bad! I suppose we could close the topic. I will reopen it in the correct area.

Thanks for the heads up!

Greg

[BigOkie]

I modified the windows registry to poll the time server every 12 hours (43200 sec) No software needed. You can set it to "900" for a 15 minute poll interval if desired.

Like in hand-grenades and horseshoes: close enough counts.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient
SpecialPollInterval REG_DWORD = 43200 (decimal)

The usual warning about the hazards of mucking around modifying your registry apply.

 

Be careful though; if you do it too often, many of the ntp server admins will blacklist your IP.

[JACK10562]

Thanks for adding that last little bit. Good point.

Querying a time server twice a day seems to be more than adequate for me, and I don't think that would be considered excessive.

[BigOkie]

Thanks for adding that last little bit. Good point.

Querying a time server twice a day seems to be more than adequate for me, and I don't think that would be considered excessive.

Nope, most ntp admins will allow once an hour usually, but once every five minutes is excessive.  How much time can your system lose in five minutes?  If it's losing that much, you have more problems than time syncing.