I used to run a shell but it doesn't seem too happy when running on win95 clients

Please see page 36 of the KiXtart manual.

SETTIME
Action
Synchronizes the system clock of the local computer with the time on a specified source.

Syntax
SETTIME "source"

Remarks
Source can be one of the following:
A server name expressed in UNC format KiXtart connects to the server specified to retrieve the time.
A domain name KiXtart browses the domain for a server running the Time Source service.
"*" KiXtart browses the local domain for any server running the Time Source service.

On Windows NT, SETTIME requires the current user to have the 'Change the system time' privilege.
For more information on running the Windows NT Time Source Service, see Knowledge Base article Q131715 (also available on TechNet).

Examples
SETTIME "*"
SETTIME "\\MYTIME"
SETTIME "TIMEDOMAIN"

This is why I originally used
shell("net time server /set")

it's a command which set the time required with no extra services running on the server.

It functions in the same way as good old net time.

Lonkero is right. I even have it working like that @ home. I get the time there from a (get this) windows 95 client. I have installed a little bit of shareware that dials up to the internet and gets the time daily. This all works very fine for about a year now, and solved my problems with electronic banking and failing RTC's in the old machine i use for it. Please sen a message if you need the code, cause it's at home and i'm not right now!

Eddie

It's nice to hear success/failure for suggestions by othe members.