Re: How do you change the system time of your whole domain?

From: Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] (cwshultz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/06/04 

Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 06:30:15 -0400

Daniel,

Take a look at the Domain Controller that holds the FSMO Role of PDC
Emulator.....that is normally considered to be the 'time master'.

HTH,

Cary

"Daniel" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >"Daniel" <hotmail@polajoo.com.spamtrap> skrev i melding
> >news:915701c43349$28cb0740$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Is it possible to adjust the time of one (or more) of
> the
> >> servers back (slowly) as they have crept forward, and
> >> everyone is complaining that the time on their computers
> >> is seven minutes faster than actual time?
> >>
> >> Is this possible? If it is, how do you do it?
> >
> >How do the servers set their clock?
> >
> >If they are standard 2k installations, they will be
> looking for time at
> >a DC. Set the time (manually) back in whatever
> decrements you
> >wish, on that server.
> >Then hook that one up to an NTP-server, and you should be
> all-right.
> >
> >Microsoft has a doc on "The Windows Time Service" that
> explains all about
> >setting time on servers in a domain (or standalone for
> that matter).
> >Google for it, I don't have the link, only a hardcopy.
>
> Thanks; I found that doc at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/se
> curity/wintimeserv.asp if anyone wants it.
>
> The servers don't set their clocks, apart from each other,
> I guess. There's no external synchronisation (our LEA have
> blocked the NTP port -- but that's LEAs for you) at all,
> which is probably why the clocks are out of sync.
>
> All of the workstations are 2K & XP, and the servers are
> 2K Srv Std.
>
> To avoid the workstations not getting on to the network,
> that document says that the time service synchronises
> every eight hours, so I'll leave the three-minute
> decrement for today, and do the remaining four minutes
> tomorrow.
>
> Thanks for the info! :)
>
> Daniel

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