Synchronize Time

[Foo]

How can I synchronize the time all PCs to a windows 2000
server's time?

thanks.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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How can I synchronize the time all PCs to a windows 2000
server's time?

thanks.

In an AD infastructure, this is automatic by all W2k and newer clients that
are joined to the domain. But you have to synch up the DC that holds the PDC
Emulator FSMO Role. Do that by:

net time /setsntp:192.5.41.41
net stop w32time
w32tm -once
net start w32time

Make sure UDP 123 is opened to this box.


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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

 

[Michal Chmielwski]

You may use this reg file on your PDCE in root doman

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters]
"LocalNTP"=dword:00000000
"Period"="SpecialSkew"
"type"="NTP"
"ntpserver"="vega.cbk.poznan.pl"
"ReliableTimeSource"=dword:00000000
"AvoidTimeSyncOnWan"=dword:00000000
"GetDcBackoffMinutes"=dword:00000015
"GetDcBackoffMaxTimes"=dword:00000007
"Log"=dword:00000064
"WriteLog"="True"
"Adj"=dword:00026260
"msSkewPerDay"="5962.6667"

Of course you should change public NTP server
I use vega.cbk.poznan.pl


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"

 

[David Fisher [MSFT]]

Hello.

It is not recommended to set all of these registry values on the PDC fsmo
owner in the domain. For more details on the settings and their usage,
please see the following message:
223184 Registry Entries for the W32Time Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=223184

The recommended procedure to configure an authoritative time server is via
the net time command (as already mentioned in this thread). The sntp server
can be time.windows.com or another public time server.

216734 How to Configure an Authoritative Time Server in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216734

Best Regards,
David Fisher
Enterprise Platform Support

You may use this reg file on your PDCE in root doman

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters]
"LocalNTP"=dword:00000000
"Period"="SpecialSkew"
"type"="NTP"
"ntpserver"="vega.cbk.poznan.pl"
"ReliableTimeSource"=dword:00000000
"AvoidTimeSyncOnWan"=dword:00000000
"GetDcBackoffMinutes"=dword:00000015
"GetDcBackoffMaxTimes"=dword:00000007
"Log"=dword:00000064
"WriteLog"="True"
"Adj"=dword:00026260
"msSkewPerDay"="5962.6667"

Of course you should change public NTP server
I use vega.cbk.poznan.pl


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"