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From: me (me_at_work.net)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:38:23 -0400

i have an issue that is getting annoying
i have a 2000 server that is used as time server (among other things)
i can't make the pdc a time server using the software i have because it is a cluster node (not my idea to make it a dc) and it disables the time service which could cause a problem since it is important that the time service runs for the cluster.
anyway, i have configured the pdc to look to the time server, but it keeps saying
This Machine is a PDC of the domain at the root of the forest. Configure to sync from External time source using the net command, 'net time /setsntp:<server name>'.

i did do that and when i do a net time /querysntp it shows the correct server. but it still shows that error

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