Originally Posted by
Saab Dastard
You just need uk.pool.ntp.org - it automatically contacts the first available server in the pool (that's the whole point of the pool).
Also, I'd be rather wary of changing the SpecialPollInterval to 384 seconds - the default for standalone PCs is a week! Domain members is one hour - time accuracy is more important in a Kerberos environment. I wouldn't bother re-syncing a standalone PC more than once a day (14400 seconds).
SD
I admit (as I said it was old anyway) that it's just a cut&paste from a registry snippet I apply to the PDC emulator usually. The 3 NTP servers specifically noted is due to Windows sometimes failing over on a failed network packet and hence the 3 entries. The 0, 1, and 2 are periodically rotated by the ntp.org project as well.