Re: Syncing time to the Domain Controller
- From: "Saucer Man" <saucerman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 17:47:42 -0400
Thanks again for the help Steve! I will look into theses methods.
--
Thanks.
"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OpgP$qNXFHA.1384@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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