Hi- You should only be setting the external time source on your root domain PDC Emulator. Everything else (clients and DCs) should use NT5DS defaults which means they'll sync with the domain hierarchy.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 9:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Why is Windows Time service crap? Greetings! I have workstations and servers in my domain whose time is all over the place! Two servers I manually sync'd with a domain controller less than 24 hours ago are now once again 3 minutes behind. Workstations are up to 5 minutes one way or the other. I know this keeps coming up here, but again, please... 1. With multiple domain controllers, does one pick one of them, sync to an outside time source, then somehow point the other DCs to this DC? If so, then one puts in the name of the selected DC in the registry settings for time services? OR, does one make sure all the DCs point to the same external NTP server? 2. Why do servers and workstations drift off, time-wise? How to stop this? -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org<http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
