Microsoft KB Archive/832936

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Article ID: 832936

Article Last Modified on 8/29/2007



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional for Itanium-based systems
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional for Itanium-based systems




SYMPTOMS

When you resume a computer from standby in Microsoft Windows XP, you receive a warning message in the event log that is similar to the following:


Source: W32Time
Type: Warning
Category: None
Event ID: 36
Description:
The time service has not been able to synchronize the system time for 49152 seconds because none of the time providers has been able to provide a usable time stamp. The system clock is unsynchronized. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://support.microsoft.com.

The number of seconds that is given in the warning message by the Windows Time Service (W32Time) is not equal to the time the computer was in standby.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack


Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:



The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Windows XP

   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   26-Nov-2003  00:54  5.1.2600.1322  159,232  W32time.dll

Windows XP 64-Bit Edition

   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name     Platform
   ------------------------------------------------------------------
   26-Nov-2003  00:54  5.1.2600.1322  436,224  W32time.dll   IA-64
   26-Nov-2003  00:54  5.1.2600.1322  159,232  Ww32time.dll  x86

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates


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