Synchorized date/time using GPO

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Rosello M. Bagundol

How to set up the policy so that all client pc's accessing the server would
have the same date/time (and timezone) with the domain server using GPO?
 
Since you are running AD, your comuters should be syncing their time with
the DC. Is this not happening correctly?
 
It is not synchronized with the DC.

Brandon Baker said:
Since you are running AD, your comuters should be syncing their time with
the DC. Is this not happening correctly?
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1. check that the Windows Time service is running on the clients
2. check the System Event Log for entries with Source=W32Time
3. check these Values in the registry key in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
4. run the command
w32tm /resync /nowait
then check the System Event Log for with Source=W32Time

ServiceDll=c:\windows\system32\w32time.dll (the drive letter should be the
same as the %SystemDrive% environment variable)
ServiceMain=SvchostEntry_W32Time
Type=NT5DS (this means synchronize time with the Domain Controller)
(with Type set to NT5DS, the value in NtpServer is ignored).

If the time difference between the client and the Domain Controller is too
large, time synchronization may not be possible - there will be a System
Event log entry on the client for this problem.

See also:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816043/
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816042
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842199
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884776/
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297025
 
Under GPO

Administrative Template/System/Windows Time Service/Time Providers

you can set the server to sync to, and interval.

hope this help.
 
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