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[Simon]

I have changed my DC PDC emulator to not sync with
external time source in the registry. My clients still
point to my other dc in the domain, any ideas why? if I
run a net time command on my pdc emu it also points to my
other dc? any ideas???

Many thanks in advance

Simon

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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I have changed my DC PDC emulator to not sync with
external time source in the registry. My clients still
point to my other dc in the domain, any ideas why? if I
run a net time command on my pdc emu it also points to my
other dc? any ideas???

Many thanks in advance

Simon

Not sure what you mean by "point to other DC in the domain". By default, all
machines look at the PDC Emulator for their time source in a domain. If you
changed it in the reg, then that can be the reason.

Another reason can be that your domain and DNS config can be miconfigured
and therefore cannot find the DC that holds the PDC Emulator role.

But if trying to completely remove the time service, not knowing what reg
entry you changed, normally we would set the below steps with an IP. If once
you've removed the time synch, by giving it a blank IP entry, such as:

net time /setsntp:
net stop w32time
w32tm -once
net start w32time

And that should remove the time setup. But you'll probably get w32 errors
again.


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[aqqm68]

Sorry I'll try to explain a bit better.

We cannot see public IP address within our VPN so I have
changed the registry entry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Tim
e\Parameters\Type to No Sync

From my client for example (W2K Pro) I have rebooted and
then run a net time. It tells me the current time from my
other W2kDC in the domain NOT my PDC emulator. Is that
correct? All clients seem to respond from this same DC including my PDC emulator.

Simon

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Sorry I'll try to explain a bit better.

We cannot see public IP address within our VPN so I have
changed the registry entry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Tim
e\Parameters\Type to No Sync

From my client for example (W2K Pro) I have rebooted and
then run a net time. It tells me the current time from my
other W2kDC in the domain NOT my PDC emulator. Is that
correct? All clients seem to respond from this same DC including my
PDC emulator.

Simon

That's interesting. Normally it's supposed to be the PDC Emulator.

Curious, any errors in the Event Viewer?

Ok, I just checked this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;224799

And it stipulates it doesn't have to be the PDC EMulator.

Here's more info:

258059 - How to Synchronize the Time on a Windows 2000-Based Computer in a
Windows NT 4.0 Domain:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;258059

The Windows Time Service:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/maintain/operat
e/wintime.asp


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Ace

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