Senthil,
Good info on time here in plain
english...
In order to set up an authorative time server on a Windows
2003 server:
To set a server as the default time server you can use the
below batch file on workstations or servers as a login
script:
CLS
@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO Sets SNTP Server To Internal NTP Server...
net time /setsntp:%IPAddressOfTimeServer%
net stop w32time
net start w32time
ECHO.
@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO Sets SNTP Server To Internal NTP Server...
net time /setsntp:%IPAddressOfTimeServer%
net stop w32time
net start w32time
ECHO.
To verify the settings are correct from a command prompt
type in: net time /querysntp
You could go further and in your workstation builds do the
following registry hacks:
Windows Registry Editor Version
5.00
; Delete Time Server Defaults From
Registry
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]
; Add Domain Specific Time Server
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]
@="1"
"1"="%IPAddressOfTimeServer"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]
@="1"
"1"="%IPAddressOfTimeServer"
; Change W32 Time Polling Interval To Every
Hour
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient]
"SpecialPollInterval"=dword:e10
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient]
"SpecialPollInterval"=dword:e10
James
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Senthil Kumar
Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10:39 PM
To: Active directory group
Subject: [ActiveDir] Time server in windows 2003 !!
Hi all,
We are having one windows 2003 DC and one windows 2003 ADC and 2000 clients
of win 2000 prof and win xp prof. Now I want when the clients logs on to the
domain their computer should update the time of it with the windows 2003
server.Is windows 2003 has any inbuilt feature to setup it as a time server.Is
there any third party programs which converts win 2003 server in to a time
server? If yes what is the name of the products.
Is there any opensource programs for setting up time server in windows 2003
or linux?
Can we configure this in GPO?
Thanks and Regards,
K.SENTHIL KUMAR
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