Re: Configuring NtpClient in XP

[Ron Lowe]

i am getting this in my Event Log when trying to connect
to my Windows 2000A Server PDC.

The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time
from one or more time sources, however none of the
sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact
a source will be made for 14 minutes. NtpClient has no
source of accurate time.

I have set the CroosSiteSyncFlags to 0, but it didn't fix
it. Any advice would greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Tyson

In a win2k domain, the XP client should not be syncing to an external time
source.
It should be syncing to the Domain.
(The domain, in turn, can be synced to an external time source. )
This is critical for the proper operation of Kerberos.
The act of joining the domain should have set up the time service to do
this.


Go to a command prompt and issue this command:

net time /querysntp

This will list any configured time sources.
You will see whatever was last defined, perhaps time.windows.com.
Note that this is not actually used in a domain.

Go to regedit, and navigate to:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters.

Here, you can see the same time server listed.
But you should also see a value called TYPE.
This defines WHAT the machine will sync with.

The possible values for TYPE are:
NT5DS This tells the machine to sync with the Win2k Domain.
NTP This tells the machine to sync with the listed time server.
NoSync This tells the machine not to sync with anything.

During the process of joining the domain, this should get set to NT5DS.
If it did not, then manually set it so.
You should re-start the W32time service after changing any of these
parameters.