"Element not found" synching time via NTP on WinXP-SP2

[Guest]

Hello,

NTP time-synchronization is failing. The "Update Now" button reports that
"An error occurred getting the status of the last synchronization. Element
not found." The command-line "W32TM /resync" reports that "The computer did
not resync because no time data was available."

Connecting to our Intranet time server 10.3.1.190 with "NTP/SNTP (RFC 1769)"
is OK according to the Test Utility in a suite from www.greyware.com. Our
Sys-Admin informs me that our Microsoft Servers are synching NTP OK, and
believes that this worked OK with Windows XP SP1. I am using our roll-out
WinXP-SP2 image, others are using a manual WinXP-SP2 install, all are failing.

I have ensured that the "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)" service is started.

Any suggestions? We use Novell and are not part of a Domain. Many
command-line suggestions for W32TM on experts-exchange.com appear to be for a
different version.

Thanks,

Mark F
Hull College, UK

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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]
@="0"
"0"="10.3.1.190"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\w32time\Parameters]
"NtpServer"="10.3.1.190,0x1"
"Type"="NTP"
"ServiceMain"="SvchostEntry_W32Time"
"ServiceDll"="C:\WINDOWS\system32\w32time.dll"

N.B. The ",0x1" appended to "NtpServer" whilst only required for DNS names
is inserted by Windows. Removing this and re-starting the W32TIME service
makes no difference. See
www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Configuring-Windows-Time-Service.html

 

[Guest]

Problem sorted...

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REGEDIT4

;Synchronizes time information from the NetWare server that the Novell
client initially attaches to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Novell\NWGINA\Login Screen]
"Synchronize Time"=dword:00000001

;Adds our Time Server for Windows to the drop-down list
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]
@="0"
"0"="METATRON"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\w32time\Config]
"EventLogFlags"=dword:00000002
"MaxNegPhaseCorrection"=dword:ffffffff
"MaxPosPhaseCorrection"=dword:ffffffff
;;"FileLogName"="C:\\Windows\\Debug\\w32tmlog.txt"
;;"FileLogSize"=dword:00100000
;;"FileLogEntries"="0-300"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\w32time\Parameters]
"NtpServer"="METATRON,0x1"
"Type"="NTP"

;NtpClient input provider
;Obtains time information from another source, either a hardware clock or an
NTP server
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\w32time\TimeProviders\NtpClient]
"SpecialPollInterval"=dword:00000e10
"SpecialPollTimeRemaining"=hex(7):00
"EventLogFlags"=dword:00000001

;NtpServer output provider
;Responds to client time requests on the network
;See Novell TID-10077573 switch to being a NTP Client, instead of being an
NTP Peer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpServer]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000

;Observe the NtpClient via RegEdit
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit]
"LastKey"="My
Computer\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\W32Time\\TimeProviders\\NtpClient"