Re: plain time instructions
From: ptwilliams (ptw2001_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/10/05
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:07:10 -0000
Out of the box it is automatic -there's no GPO configurations in place or
necessary. However, in order to have *accurate* time you should sync the
PDCe with an external time source. As mentioned by Burtsev, you do this by
typing net time /setsntp:<sntpServer> on the PDCe. On the other machines
you do *nothing*
There is no reason to run net time via logon script. Nor does manually
running this give a good idea of which server you are synchronising with.
What errors are you getting? You'll get the odd error stating that it
didn't sync if you are using a heavily used time server, or you have a slow
Internet connection. You'll also get warnings stating that a time server
couldn't be found from time to time - this is usually a network glitch, or
at boot before everything has initialised, etc.
By default the time service (w32time) doesn't log success events.
You should only use the /setsntp switch on the PDCe. Don't do this on the
other DCs, servers, etc.
-- Paul Williams http://www.msresource.net/ http://forums.msresource.net/ "Joe" <junk@junk.com> wrote in message news:epeSi7rDFHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... yea i've heard that said that it's automatic before. Of course that doesn't explain why i would see errors or event logs showing sync to outside time servers. I wonder if the reason some people say it's automatic is because there was a group policy setting forcing them to sync with the domain. I may be mistaken but I seem to remember seeing a setting for that. "Burtsev Dmitry" <burtsev@removethispart.km.ru> wrote in message news:%23s$wrorDFHA.4020@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... > Hello. > You didn't need net time command in logon script for your domain. > In Active Directory clients computers (Windows 2000/XP/2003) automatically > sync time with domain controllers. > Domain controllers in domain synchronize its time with domain PDC. In > forest > PDCs synchronize its time with forest root PDC. > Just synch forest root PDC with external time source or hardware clock. > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307897 > > -- > Dmitry Burtsev [burtsev@removethis.km.ru] > > > > "Joe" <junk@junk.com> wrote in message > news:OUsNGnqDFHA.960@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> >> are there any current papers spelling out the "best" way to set up time > sync >> an a standard 2000 AD domain with XP clients? It seems whenever I look > into >> this I end up with a bunch of papers describing everything but what I >> want >> to know and half of them are older than the operating system itself. >> All I want to know is, in a basic setup, what are the steps to follow. I >> have the net time command in a startup script but still occasionally see >> client pc's connecting to odd time sources. >> >> >> > >
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