MSDN GetTickCount: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ttickcount.asp
On this page: "If you need a higher resolution timer, use a multimedia timer or a high-resolution timer."

About Timers -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...bouttimers.asp

Basically in Win32/Win64 you have two choices:
1) use QueryPerformanceCounter etc.
2) use timeGetTime, but at application start call timeBeginPeriod(1); and in finalization timeEndPeriod(1); to set precision to 1ms under WindowsNT based OS'es