Overview

ACTS-NT (tm) is a program for Windows NT that allows you to set the internal
clock of your computer with accurracy of about a second, using either the 
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technolog) ACTS (Automatic Computer
Time Service) time source or the USNO (United States Naval Observatory) time 
source. It dials the times services with a modem, receives the current time, 
and uses that time to set your computer's time.

There are programs similar to ACTS-NT for Windows 3.1 and DOS, but these will 
not work under Windows NT, because Windows NT requires a program to have the 
SetSystemTime privilege in order to set the internal clock, and programs do 
not have this privilege by default. 

ACTS-NT is normally run using a GUI dialog, but can also be run as a batch 
program. The batch option is especially useful when using the AT command to
schedule ACTS-NT to be run late each night.

                        Copyright/License/Registration

ACTS-NT (tm) is Copyright © 1994 Frank F Ramos, All Rights Reserved.
Send problem reports and comments to 72202.2574@compuserve.com.

ACTS-NT is Shareware. You may try it for a period of 21 days. After this 
trial period, you must either pay a $10 registration fee or delete ACTS-NT 
from your computer. See the ACTS-NT online help for complete license and 
registration details.

		                         Installation

Place ACTSNT.EXE and ACTSNT.HLP together in any directory. ACTSNT.HLP 
contains details on how to use ACTS-NT, including modem setup. The first 
time ACTSNT.EXE is run, it will create some registry entries. These registry
changes are described in ACTSNT.HLP. ACTS-NT does not make any other 
changes to your system.

Complete uninstallation instructions are contained in ACTSNT.HLP.

                           What's New in Version 1.2

Show error event log entry as error instead of information. Do not display 
message box if error during batch execution. Show reason for error in event
log entry.

                           What's New in Version 1.1

Fix bug where Open Error message box appeared behind ACTS-NT windows, instead
of in front. Show correct list of serial ports, instead of hardcoded COM1 
thru COM4. Add batch execution parameter. Make 3 attempts to set time before
giving up. Add event logging. Documentation improvements.