I'm convinced! :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Time Exactly right. Takes mere seconds to do it and requires no maintenance. 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: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:41 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Time > > +1 > > Not to mention, setting this up is almost trivial - at the PDC you type one > command line and you're done. The hardest part might be creating a rule to > allow the NTP protocol out through your firewall. > > Carl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 3:20 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Time > > 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. 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