Re: Time service driving me crazy!!

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Hi Dan,

Computers that are members of domain (client PCs and servers) use domain
controllers (DCs) to synchronize their time with. DCs use domain controller
holding PDC Emulator FSMO role to synchronize time with. You only have to
synchronize this server holding PDC Emulator FSMO role with reliable
(external) time source (don't forget to open UDP port 123 on firewall to
allow this computer access to external time).

Here is more information on the subject:

How To Synchronize the Time with the Windows Time Service in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307897&sd=tech

Administering the Windows Time Service
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/operations/ac86e77c-0be3-430a-ba0b-c2225506fc4f.mspx

Basic Operation of the Windows Time Service
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;224799

The Windows Time Service
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/security/wintimeserv.asp

I hope it helps,

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security


"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0A5874A6-5E6A-405F-9E55-048A77B44FAA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
> I think I have this correct but something isn't correct. I have about
> 200
> domain joined machines and it seems they all have different settings for
> their time service. They all seem to point to different NTP servers and
> they
> all have different registry settings for sync type (allsync, nosync,
> NT5DS..). What I'd like is to have all of these clients use the NT5DS
> type
> of time sync and follow the domain based time. I've gone into the GPO
> settings and set "Enable NTP client" to 'Enabled' and set "Configure
> Windows
> NTP client" to use NT5DS (with no server listed). I refresh the policy on
> any of the machines that the GPO runs on the registry entries are not
> updated. What's going on here?
> Thanks,
> Dan


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