Running a .BAT file at startup

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I have two computers on a LAN:

Computer #1 runs Win98
Computer #2 runs XP Professional

They communicate using Netbeui.

The time-of-day clock on Computer #1 is automatically updated using NTP
every time I connect to the Internet. I now want to use Computer #1's
clock to automatically update the time-of-day clock on Computer #2 every
time it boots up.

I have done this manually at the Computer #2 command prompt, with
something like:

NET TIME \\COMPUTER1 /SET /YES

This works fine. I now want to put this command into a .BAT file and
have XP run this file automatically at startup, after the network
connection to Computer #1 has been established. How do I make XP do
this?

Ian
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ian said:
I have two computers on a LAN:

Computer #1 runs Win98
Computer #2 runs XP Professional

They communicate using Netbeui.

The time-of-day clock on Computer #1 is automatically updated using
NTP every time I connect to the Internet. I now want to use Computer
#1's clock to automatically update the time-of-day clock on Computer
#2 every time it boots up.

I have done this manually at the Computer #2 command prompt, with
something like:

NET TIME \\COMPUTER1 /SET /YES

This works fine. I now want to put this command into a .BAT file and
have XP run this file automatically at startup, after the network
connection to Computer #1 has been established. How do I make XP do
this?

Ian
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Put a shortcut of the file into the Start Up folder for the All Users
profile.

You might want to modify the file a bit, so that it reads as follows:

@echo off
net time \\computer1 /set /yes
exit

and save it with a .cmd extension. The exit command will close the window
once the script completes.
 
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