time difference and difficulty logging in

[Jayson]

Hello,

I have a server that sets the time for all machines
logging into it. Recently I've seen some problems with
this and some Windows XP Professional machines.

When I try to logon to the server the message I get
is "The time on the client and the server are different.."
windows cannot log you on etc.

Has anybody ever come across a fix to this? I've tried
the Microsoft article 307897 but that doesn't seem to fix
it.

I have had one other instance of this where a user
installed a program that synced with an atomic clock and
when the program was removed it fixed it; however, this
computer has no programs installed that try to sync with
another external source.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

If you're on a domain, all the Win2k/XP computers should be syncing to the
server automatically, AFIAK.

If you go to a command prompt on the workstations and type:

net time /querysntp

what do you see?