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In XP you are able to set a local time server through a
registry entry, you can run this as a login script if you like. Have not tried
this on servers yet.
TEST BEFORE YOU USE IT IN A PRODUCTION
ENVIRONMENT...
Windows Registry Editor
Version 5.00
; Delete Time Server
Defaults From
Registry
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]
; Add Domain Specific Time
Server
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]
@="1"
"1"="IPAddressTimeServer"
; Change W32 Time Polling
Interval To Every
Hour
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient]
"SpecialPollInterval"=dword:e10
James
Okay the MS consultant who worked on our
AD upgrade answered that adding an XP computer to a domain should set the time
to sync using NT5DS, which is what I thought I remembered was supposed to
happen. But it's not happening. If I run the w32tm commands and
the setsntp: then it fixes the registry settings to use NT5DS. Anyone
know why we might be seeing this issue, or know more about
this?
Thanks -
Rich
From:
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On Behalf Of Byrd,
Todd
Sent: Wednesday,
February 18, 2004 9:33 AM
To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Windows XP time
sync
The servers in a domain will
automatically update from each other, progressing upward toward the root PDC
(ie each server in a child domain will sync with the child domain PDC by
default, and the child PDC will sync with the root PDC, while all servers in
the root domain will sync with the root PDC..... ) the Root domain PDC should be
allowed to sync with an outside SNTP server.... For the workstations, the time
server needs to be mandated through a GPO, or through DHCP....
The GPO for setting a specific time
server is set under Computer Configuration > Admin templates >
windows components > system > windows time service > time providers
Hope this helps...
Todd
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Rich
Milburn
Sent: Wednesday,
February 18, 2004 10:09 AM
To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] Windows XP time
sync
I've seen it talked
about on this list that time should be sync'd automatically in a domain.
I was going along checking the SMS logs and found a number of them that said
the computers' time was offset. I thought that was odd, and I looked
into it. The XP computers are set to time.windows.com when you do a net
time /querysntp on them. If they are actually trying to use that, it's a
problem because SNTP is not allowed out. Besides, we want them getting
their time from the domain, not MS. So I can run a command against them
to clear this (/setsntp: ) and I can run w32tm /config /computer:name /update
/syncfromflags:domhier and it works - the time gets sync'd. I looked
into the issue further though, and see that all the XP computers are set like
that. This does not seem like what we want, so what am I missing
here? Do we have to set this up in the login script or is there a
setting I missed in GP that fixes it or ?? I assumed joining a computer
to a domain would fix this issue (never really paid attention to it before)
but apparently it doesn't.
Thanks
Rich
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