Working with Time Synchronization

[Ted Appleberry]

My End goal is to have all my windows 2000 workstations synching off of a
single internal time server. I went through the following steps
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;216734 but I still
don't synch with the server I want to synch with when I type net time. Am I
missing something? When I type net /time from any workstation it pulls time
from some random box on the network! What can I do perhaps in a login script
to tell each workstation to synch off of this server?

Thanks!

 

[Mark]

The problem you may have is that, your users will need
Admin rights to synch time on their PC's.

Mark

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

If you setup things correctly, then Windows 2000/XP/2003 clients will update
time automaticaly from a PDC emulator on your network. This is controlled by
Windows Time Service. Check in your services, that this service is running.
You don't need to specify and logon script for that. To manualy sync your
client use w32tm command in command prompt.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE (NT4 & 2000), MVP
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http://ladava.com

 

[Ted Appleberry]

Well, I THINK I have it set-up properly.. What's the best way to test?
Thanks!

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

the best test is, if all clients have the same time . Make sure, that all
clients have right time-zone information and daylight savings time settings.
Next observe your EventLog for entries regarding w32time. Use w32tm /resync
on a client computer to resync time with your DC.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE (NT4 & 2000), MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com