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It won't necessarily sync with TWS, but..

If you're running XP then double-click the time in your Taskbar, go to the Internet Time and set it to sync with one of the web's time servers automatically.

For Windows 2000, etc., search for a little utility called Neutron. It runs on startup, syncs to a time server, and then exits each time you log in.
 
Quote from AmbushHillbilly:

It won't necessarily sync with TWS, but..

If you're running XP then double-click the time in your Taskbar, go to the Internet Time and set it to sync with one of the web's time servers automatically.

I was impressed that this simple facility finally made it into Windows. Until I tried it, and found out that it doesn't set it exactly right - it's off by a few seconds, which doesn't work for me. Like it would have been hard for them to do it right :(

I use "NISTime", which is available (free) from the NIST (the folks that run the atomic clocks): http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/its.htm

I run it from my Windows startup directory. A little quirky to get set up properly (the author's native environment is clearly not Windows :) ), but it works well.

WARNING: You can get sucked in and spend more time than you will ever have, exploring the wonderful world of time synchronization :)
 
Quote from jmis:

how do i sync my computer clock with tws clock? it's currently about 3 minutes faster. thanks

I must be missing something ..... Windows 2000 and Windows XP come out of the box with the ability to sync with an external timeserver on the internet: on Windows xp the setup is point and click. On windows 2000 it is a few commands at the command line.

Why would you want to risk contaminating your system with external virusware or adware if this functionality is built - in ?
 
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