> I have a windows 2003 server and 30 xp computers connected to a
> domain. Right now my time is set up for each xp computer to get the
> time from the server (at least I think) and the server keeps the time.
> I am almost certain that none of the computers or the server look to
> time.windows.com for a time.
>
> The users on the computer cannot change their time since it
> automatically resets back to the server time.
>
> If I change the time manually on the server it eventually becomes
> innacurate again by a minute or two.
>
> From reading the microsoft articles I understand the computers must
> look to the server for time but microsoft advises against having the
> server look to time.windows.com for the time (or thats what I
> understood from them).
>
> Is there any problem with having my server get the time from
> time.windows.com and if there isnt what is the best way of setting
> that up?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy - SDX

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello Jeremy - SDX Jeremy -,
>
> The way time is handled in a domain is that the PDCEmulator is the time source
> in the domain, all DC's will use it for time synchronisation and member servers
> or workstations will use one of the DC's as a time source. So the PDCEmulator
> should be configured if possible to an external time source. Doesn't matter
> which one, just check that it is a reliable time source.
>
> w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:peers /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update
>
> With "peers" you can set the time source, either DNS name (time.windows.com)
> or an ip address from a reliable time source.
>
>
> Here you can find some of them:
> http://www.pool.ntp.org/
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
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> > I have a windows 2003 server and 30 xp computers connected to a
> > domain. Right now my time is set up for each xp computer to get the
> > time from the server (at least I think) and the server keeps the time.
> > I am almost certain that none of the computers or the server look to
> > time.windows.com for a time.
> >
> > The users on the computer cannot change their time since it
> > automatically resets back to the server time.
> >
> > If I change the time manually on the server it eventually becomes
> > innacurate again by a minute or two.
> >
> > From reading the microsoft articles I understand the computers must
> > look to the server for time but microsoft advises against having the
> > server look to time.windows.com for the time (or thats what I
> > understood from them).
> >
> > Is there any problem with having my server get the time from
> > time.windows.com and if there isnt what is the best way of setting
> > that up?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeremy - SDX
>
>
>