You should point the DC to an external time source just as a matter of best practice. I'll echo my colleagues here who use pool.ntp.org. We set all of our clients (companies, I mean) up to sync to that and it works beautifully. Everything stays nice and tight and in sync.
Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com / www.officeforlawyers.com Member: American Bar Association - 01473703 Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007: http://tinyurl.com/abaword2007 > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 10:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Time > > It may well have been, to be honest. I'm not sure I'd have noticed it being 4 > minutes off when I first set it up. > > I'll keep an eye on things, and if it keeps losing time I'll definitely look at > pointing it to an external source. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:56 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Time > > Was your clock of by 4 minutes? Was it always that way? > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:33 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Time > > Are servers' internal clocks that flaky? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:51 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Time > > You want to set up the PDC to sync time an external NTP source or you'll be > doing this manual adjustment on a regular basis... command lines have been > previously suggested to do just that. > > Carl > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:29 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Time > > Thanks to everyone for the info. I found that the PDC machine time was four > minutes off. It looks to have been using its own internal clock, and I guess > that was off. I adjusted it, then after a few minutes checked my site's DC and > found that it had updated to the correct time, then a bit later my machine > had done the same. So presumably all DCs and workstations on the network > will by correct soon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:37 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Time > > I received a complaint from one of my users that the time on her computer is > four minutes behind actual time. And she's right--I've noticed myself that all > of our computers are four minutes behind. > > I've never messed with the time features in Windows, so I'm not sure how to > correct this. From what I can tell, it client machines update their time from > their site's domain controller. Since this is happening at multiple sites, the > time on all sites' DCs appears to be four minutes behind. But where do the > domain controllers get THEIR time from? > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications > to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public > and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to > public disclosure. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
