Bob, thanks for the post reply - i had only just this moment actually read in sufficient w32time documenation to find the same !!!
GT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Free, Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:53 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Time Sync in AD Graham Turner <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. Graham- In W2K, if you run net time /setsntp: with no value after the colon, it will clear the NtpServer entry in the registry and change the service from NTP mode to NT5DS mode. Really simple script would be- net time /setsntp: net stop w32time net start w32time The pertinent registry values are: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters NtpServer : REG_SZ (optional) Used to manually configure the time source. Set this to the DNS name or IP address of the NTP server to synchronize from. You can modify this from the command line by using the net time command. Value is blank by default Type : REG_SZ Used to control how a computer synchronizes. Nt5DS = synchronize to domain hierarchy [default] NTP = synchronize to manually configured source NoSync = do not synchronize time 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/
