Server time

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This is a strange one. The time on our server is
incorrect, causing the time on alot of our workstations
to be incorrect, when I change the time on a workstation
it reverts back to the server time after a few minutes,
when I change the time on the server it reverts back to
the incorrect time after a few minutes.
Im not sure where it is getting this incorrect time from,
but everytime it does it is exactly the same amount off
from real time, so it must be getting this time from
somewhere, I just have no idea where.
Any help on getting the time on the server to be correct
and STAY correct would be greatly appreciated.
 
On the server, open a command prompt and type:

NET TIME /QUERYSNTP

and post the results back here.
 
Thank you. Using the query I found that the primary
server had been set to pull it's time from our BDC, whose
time was off. It never occured to me to check the BDC
because it hardly ever gets touched. I set the time on
the BDC correct, and now the times are all correct. Thank
you very much.
 
You are quite welcome. You should, by the way, configure your primary
server to synchronize its time from an external source and all other
computers to get their time from the primary server ... or at the very
least, given your current configuration, set the BDC to get its time from an
external source so the PDC will have a known-good source to pull from. It's
preferable to set the PDC to synchronize directly with an outside time
source if you can.
 
Yeah, im going to change it so the PDC gets its time from
an external source instead of the BDC since all the
workstations are set to get thier time from the PDC.
 
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