Re: Upgrade to 2003, now no time sync

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Can a normal use access the calander when doubleclicking on the clock? If
not, there is a local policy overriding the domain stuff...


"Gabriel Simmons" <GabrielSimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:FBB8B499-E151-4BD5-A1C8-672767D65FC1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Tony,
> We are having the exact same problem that you experienced. Have you found
> a solution to this problem? If so, could you email me please?
>
> gabriels@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Gabriel Simmons
>
> "TonyB" wrote:
>
>> We had a very reliable time synced network using Win2k, but since we
>> upgraded all the DC's to 2003, it's all gone to pot. We use a Unix box
>> as the reliable NTP time server, which syncs externally to a stratum 1
>> time source, so internally is stratum 2. The DC upgrades went smoothly,
>> but our root Win2k3 DC's will no longer sync to the Unix NTP server.
>> W32time event log errors 29, 38 and 47 are repeated, essentially saying
>> that there is no response from the NTP time source, and the host is not
>> accessible. Currently no Windows clients can sync to the 2003 DC's
>> either.
>>
>> I have done some investigation, and followed the MS article KB875424 as
>> this sounded like the exact solution, but no joy. It appears that time
>> syncing in Win2k3 has been changed, and by default doesn't trust a non
>> Windows timesource by default, and that article was meant to have the
>> solution! I've tried the following on the root PDC.
>>
>> w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:<unix ntp server> /syncfromflags:MANUAL
>> /reliable:YES
>> Command is accepted ok
>>
>> ntop stop/start w32time
>> Ok
>>
>> w32tm /resync
>> The computer did not resync because no time data was available.
>>
>> If I run w32tm /stripchart against the other root DC, I get the
>> following;
>>
>> <time> error: 0x800705B4
>> repeat....
>>
>> I eventually thought I would unregister and re-register the w32tm
>> process, and got this message when trying to un-register;
>>
>> Access is denied: (0x80070005)
>>
>> I was logged on as administrator when trying this.
>>
>> So, I have no time syncing at all at the moment!
>>


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