On 2009-12-03, Richard B. Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Why Tea wrote: >> Can Windows 2003 server be used as an NTP server >> within an organization? The info from Wikipedia seems >> to suggest NO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol). >> >> Did anybody have any experience with running an NTP >> server on a Windows server? Please share your >> experience. Thanks. >> >> /Why Tea > > Running NTPD on Windows *as* *a* *server* would be most people's LAST > choice unless there is no other! Windows "Vista" may have changed this > but, the last time I looked, Windows' clock "ticks" every 17 > milliseconds. Using this as a server is like "measure with micrometer, > mark with chalk, cut with axe"!
I believe that ntp on windows maintains an internal clock in addition to the timer clock, which keeps much better time than the timertick. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
