Half way through the week, just keep telling yourself. Has this KBB made the thread yet? Perhaps a supplement to the EZ instructos
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042 One thing I noticed right away when I followed the above instructions is that successful time syncs show up in the event logs and I don't remember them doing that previously when we used SNTP, but its been a while. -Troy -----Original Message----- From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Which is the better way Yes that is the one I used sorry for the typo. It is a long day and not going very well at the moment. Jon On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Uh, do you mean us.pool.ntp.org <http://us.pool.ntp.org/> instead? On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I am trying to do is reset the pDCe to use us.pool.net.org <http://us.pool.net.org/> as the > primary time source. This would be inaddition to several time sources at > the University that seem to have issues off and on. Since I was at it I was > also going to set all my Workgroup servers to use the same list of time > sources as I do not want them to be any less accurate nor cause myself any > issues down the road to remote access. > > When you "view" the list of sntp servers with the /querysntp command of net > time you get the list of time servers being used by the server. If you > change the list using w32tm /manualpeerlist:"list of time servers" you get > the same list. Unless I have done something wrong it appears the command > structure that Edward gave me did exactly what I wanted. If something is > wrong I would love to know about it before it bites me. > > Thank you, > > Jon > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Free, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I'm thinking we (at least Ken and I) were misunderstanding what you were >> trying to say, particularly when you said "You don't use Net Time to do your >> synchronization? " >> >> >> >> When I hear you say "reset" it now sounds like you are using net time to >> change the configuration, not the synchronization mechanism? Totally >> different question J >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:00 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Which is the better way >> >> >> >> True and I have switched but it has been a long time since I had to reset >> anything like time on my DC's. I might even have used w32tm last time for >> all I remember. >> >> >> >> Jon >> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Free, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Still begs the same question, why use net time on anything newer than a >> wintendo? W2K's w32time works just fine. It was the first time we actually >> had a decent native time service with registry based configuration and a >> management interface. That said, regardless of its quirks, even in the NT >> era the old timeserv was a quantum leap above net time when you didn't have >> AD's hierarchical structure and kerberos time requirements. >> >> >> >> From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:28 AM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> >> Subject: Re: Which is the better way >> >> >> >> Sorry to say this but I got use to it when doing Win 2000 machines. >> >> >> >> Jon >> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> ?!? >> >> >> >> Why would you use net time is a better question... >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Ken >> >> >> >> From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 10:10 PM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> >> Subject: Re: Which is the better way >> >> >> >> Never mind just a differnet way to skin the cat. >> >> >> >> Jon >> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> You don't use Net Time to do your synchronization? Why not? >> >> >> >> Jon >> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Ziots, Edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> W32tm /config /syncfromflags:DOMHIER >> >> W32tm /config /update >> >> W32tm /resync /rediscover. >> >> >> >> Z >> >> >> >> Edward E. Ziots >> >> Network Engineer >> >> Lifespan Organization >> >> MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA >> >> Phone: 401-639-3505 >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:52 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Which is the better way >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
