Dear all, just "butting" into this thread so apologies for this have picked up that w32tm is many times more functional on XP as compared to 2000.
seems unless i am mistaken that w32tm on 2k does not support the "config domhier" to reconfigure the system to use the domain hierarchy. was wondering if anyone had notes on the required registry modification (or even a .reg script( to do this manually for a win2k system. GT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Schofield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Time Sync in AD > I just went through this little exercise upgrading from win2k to windows > 2003. Our forest pdc emulator couldn't talk out to an external source > until we put timeserver.domain.com,0x8 behind it. Here is an > article that explains this. > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechn ol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/deployguide/96418.asp > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/16/04 04:58PM >>> > I know this is a silly question but I am a little confused about the > time > server (NTP) configuration in AD. I found the following commands to > configure a time server in AD: > > Net Time /Setsntp:<servername> > W32tm /Config /manualpeerlist > > What is the difference between the W32tm and Net Time command? Can I > use > either of these commands to configure a time source in AD and sync with > an > external time server? Do I need to manually sync the time on all the > DCs > with the PDC emulator's time or will the DC automatically contact the > PDC > emulator for the time sync? > > Thanks in advance! > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
