W32Time Synch Event Errors

[Derek]

Hello,

I have a small office network running Windows 2000 Server
with 5 clients. I promoted the server to a DC and have
configured ADS. Everything is working perfectly except
for W32Time event errors both on the clients and the DC.
I don't know much about time synchronizations within the
domain, but I thought this service was designed to synch
time across multiple DCs. If this is true, do I even
need this service since I only have one DC?

If I do need this service, is there a way I can synch to
a public domain server?

Any help would be appreciated.

Derek

 

[John]

You need the service if you have 2k or XP clients they will sync time with
the DC. Time syncronization is important for Kerberos authentication. You
did not post the event that you are getting, if the event is letting you
know that the PDC need to be configured to point to a time source - Use net
time /setsntp:<time source> to configure this. Where <time source> can be
the localhost or any public NTP server.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;262680