w32time issues

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We have a network of Win2000 servers and XP Pro clients. Approximately 3 weeks ago after updating the servers and clients I began noticing clients were not able to log onto the network. The error on the client indicated the time between the client and server were out of sync which prevented the log on. Logging on locally I could see that the times were the same as the server. Also typing NET TIME indicated that the server that is not the PDC has begun serving time. If I stop time service on this second server then the PDC takes over time service. I've followed all of the recommendations of the Microsoft help sites but continue to find these problems. The PDC does not link to an out time source.

Any and ALL help is welcome.
 
On the clients and memberservers from the commandprompt:

net time /setsntp:servername
w32tm -once -v

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Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP

MIPD said:
We have a network of Win2000 servers and XP Pro clients. Approximately 3
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weeks ago after updating the servers and clients I began noticing clients
were not able to log onto the network. The error on the client indicated the
time between the client and server were out of sync which prevented the log
on. Logging on locally I could see that the times were the same as the
server. Also typing NET TIME indicated that the server that is not the PDC
has begun serving time. If I stop time service on this second server then
the PDC takes over time service. I've followed all of the recommendations of
the Microsoft help sites but continue to find these problems. The PDC does
not link to an out time source.
 
The first thing you need to do is get the PDC synchronizing to an external
time source. See this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=216734

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MIPD said:
We have a network of Win2000 servers and XP Pro clients. Approximately 3
Click to expand...
weeks ago after updating the servers and clients I began noticing clients
were not able to log onto the network. The error on the client indicated the
time between the client and server were out of sync which prevented the log
on. Logging on locally I could see that the times were the same as the
server. Also typing NET TIME indicated that the server that is not the PDC
has begun serving time. If I stop time service on this second server then
the PDC takes over time service. I've followed all of the recommendations of
the Microsoft help sites but continue to find these problems. The PDC does
not link to an out time source.
 
To verify that the time service is synchronizing time at the command prompt,
type:

w32tm /v /once /test

To configure time service, you must:

net stop W32Time (stop the W32Time service)
net time /setsntp:{ntpservername}
net start W32Time (restart the service)

Set NTP time source on the PDC server, the rest of the forest/tree/domain
would synchronize the time automatically. You can find available NTP servers
at http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html.
 
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