Time not synchronizing

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I am having a problem with one computer on my network, it's running Windows
2000 Prof. w/Office XP. The DHCP server is Small Business Server 2003. The
workstation is giving me an error when I try to log on to the network: 'The
current time on this computer and the current time on the network are
different.' The odd thing about this is, I can change the date logged on
locally to the day before and then log in, but as soon as I log out and back
in, it corrects the date but then won't allow me to log in on the network.
That tells me it sees the servers time, but for some reason I am getting
this error.
Has anyone had this problem before and do you have any suggestions.
I am in desperate need.
Thx
 
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MichaelTBriody said:
I am having a problem with one computer on my network, it's running
Windows 2000 Prof. w/Office XP. The DHCP server is Small Business
Server 2003. The workstation is giving me an error when I try to log
on to the network: 'The current time on this computer and the current
time on the network are different.' The odd thing about this is, I
can change the date logged on locally to the day before and then log
in, but as soon as I log out and back in, it corrects the date but
then won't allow me to log in on the network. That tells me it sees
the servers time, but for some reason I am getting this error.
Has anyone had this problem before and do you have any suggestions.
I am in desperate need.
Thx
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Is the time zone set correctly to match the server and other machines on
your net?

Usually this comes up as a "time skew' error. One can change the zone to
match and the time will automatically set based on that. If the zone is PST
at 3:00PM and the server is set to EST at 3:00PM, then it;s skewed by 3
hours. Kerberos has a 5 min skew tolerance for authentication. If more than
5 minutes off, then login will be denied.

Check the BIOS in the machine as well.

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24 hours skew sounds as impossible as it is. Sure kerberos won't allow the
login with 5 min off. Is SBS the only domain controller?

After logon with that 'one day before' trick:

- time /t or Date and Time provides the local time;
- net time /domain provides the domain time and net time \\sbsname provides
the SBS time - these are equal commands in SBS domain;
- net time /querysntp should confirm empty list;
- net time /domain /set /y after manually changing the local time should
confirm the time sync works.

It shouldn't be at the high risk to re-join the domain.
 
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