Re: Syncing time to the Domain Controller

Ouch. Well you should be able to use Group Policy via a "startup" script to
change that behavior. One of the links I provided had the necessary commands
as shown below. If you have difficulty you may want to post in a Windows
scripting newsgroup to see if anyone has a good canned script. There is a
Group Policy setting for XP Pro/W2003 computers that you also could try for
those operating systems. Look under computer configuration/administrative
templates/system/Windows time service/time providers. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;198642 --- same for
Windows 2003 domain.
Configure a client computer for automatic domain time synchronization
Updated: March 2, 2005

Some computers that are joined to a domain are configured to synchronize
from a manual time source. Use the following procedure to configure a client
computer that is currently synchronizing with a manually specified computer,
to automatically synchronize time with the domain hierarchy.

Note For more information about the w32tm command, type w32tm /? at a
command prompt or see Windows Time Service Tools and Settings on the
Microsoft Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=42984).

Administrative Credentials

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group
on the local computer. To perform this procedure from a remote computer, you
must be a member of the Domain Admins group.

To configure a client computer for automatic domain time synchronization
1.
Open a Command Prompt.

2.
Type the following command and then press ENTER:

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update

3.
Type the following command and then press ENTER:

net stop w32time

4.
Type the following command and then press ENTER:

net start w32time



"Saucer Man" <saucerman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:b_SdnTXkOsuKkBDfRVn-1g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Steve.
>
> They are not doing it automatically because prior to migrating to active
> directory, the image used for all these PCs and servers were set to get
> their time from a certain server on our network via its IP address. Now
> that we are on AD, that server is not a pdc fsmo. I want group policy to
> reverse the change to all those PCs...850 of them plus about 75 servers.
> Thanks again!
>
>
>
> "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OvnVbBDXFHA.3540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> This should happen automatically in that all domain computers [W2K/XP
>> Pro/W2003] will synch with the pdc fsmo for the domain. The links below
>> explains this in more detail. --- Steve
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/Operations/0d4d417a-8055-46fd-abeb-8c455b9b51ed.mspx
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/1ce2de32-cc59-4ceb-ba84-7312874b89d2.mspx
>>
>> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:keWdnYMWXZ1SKhbfRVn-iQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Does anyone know how to set a policy to force time syncing to the domain
>>> controller?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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