Windows 2003 How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work stations are pointed to it?

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Kelvin Beaton

I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server. Their
times are not the same anyway.
All the workstations are port of my domain.

Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
configured correclty?

The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.

Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?

If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
change back to the correct time?
How long should it take on the work station?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Kelvin
 
RE: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
Try using http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to add a
group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.

net time //servername /set /y


"Kelvin Beaton" wrote:

> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server. Their
> times are not the same anyway.
> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>
> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
> configured correclty?
>
> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>
> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>
> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
> change back to the correct time?
> How long should it take on the work station?
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kelvin
>
>
>
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

Thanks for the good information...

My server is off by at least 5 minutes...

I should have mentioned that I also have a firewall involved in the mix....
Is there a port of something I have to open for this to work?

Thanks!!!

Kelvin




"viny" <viny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
> One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
> Try using http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>
> If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to add
> a
> group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.
>
> net time //servername /set /y
>
>
> "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>
>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server. Their
>> times are not the same anyway.
>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>
>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
>> configured correclty?
>>
>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>
>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>
>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
>> change back to the correct time?
>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kelvin
>>
>>
>>
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

I look to me like I don't have a PeerList...
Where do I put this file?
What are valid entries for this list?


I'm getting the following in the Event Viewer of my DC.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 48
Date: 07/18/2007
Time: 6:13:10 AM
User: N/A
Computer: SERVERNAME
Description:
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually
configured peer 'PeerList'. NtpClient will continue to try the DNS lookup
every 960 minutes. This message will not be logged again until a successful
lookup of this manually configured peer occurs. The error was: No such
service is known. The service cannot be found in the specified name space.
(0x8007277C)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Where do I go from here?

Thanks

Kelvin


"viny" <viny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
> One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
> Try using http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>
> If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to add
> a
> group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.
>
> net time //servername /set /y
>
>
> "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>
>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server. Their
>> times are not the same anyway.
>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>
>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
>> configured correclty?
>>
>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>
>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>
>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
>> change back to the correct time?
>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kelvin
>>
>>
>>
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

I only got one of the Event ID 48. The rest are Event ID 17...

Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 17
Date: 07/17/2007
Time: 6:13:06 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SERVERNAME
Description:
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually
configured peer 'PeerList'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 240
minutes. The error was: No such service is known. The service cannot be
found in the specified name space. (0x8007277C)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Not sure if this one is any easier to resolve then the other

Kelvin



"viny" <viny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
> One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
> Try using http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>
> If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to add
> a
> group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.
>
> net time //servername /set /y
>
>
> "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>
>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server. Their
>> times are not the same anyway.
>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>
>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
>> configured correclty?
>>
>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>
>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>
>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
>> change back to the correct time?
>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kelvin
>>
>>
>>
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

The list of NTP servers (peerlist) is stored at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
NtpServer.

If the "Type" value in this key is "NT5DS", the computer is configured to
get time from the domain hierarchy, not the server(s) identified in the
NtpServer value.

Use the commands:

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manualpeerlist

w32tm /config /update

to switch to using the server specified in the NtpServer parameter.

The commands:

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.nist.gov

w32tm /config /update

will set the "peer list" to get time from the time server operated by NIST.

The command:

w32tm /resync

will force a time synchronization.

You should get System Event Log entries from the Time Service after most of
these commands, but I've noticed that the /resync doesn't always create one.
Restarting the "Windows Time" service should definitly create at least one
System Even Log entry with source "W32Time telling you where the time
service is getting time via NTP.

The command
w32tm /?
gives reasonably good "Help" information for the w32tm command.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
news:%23zFomVVyHHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I look to me like I don't have a PeerList...
> Where do I put this file?
> What are valid entries for this list?
>
>
> I'm getting the following in the Event Viewer of my DC.
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: W32Time
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 48
> Date: 07/18/2007
> Time: 6:13:10 AM
> User: N/A
> Computer: SERVERNAME
> Description:
> Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the
> manually configured peer 'PeerList'. NtpClient will continue to try the
> DNS lookup every 960 minutes. This message will not be logged again until
> a successful lookup of this manually configured peer occurs. The error
> was: No such service is known. The service cannot be found in the
> specified name space. (0x8007277C)
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> Where do I go from here?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kelvin
>
>
> "viny" <viny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
>> One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
>> Try using http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>>
>> If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to
>> add a
>> group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.
>>
>> net time //servername /set /y
>>
>>
>> "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
>>> Their
>>> times are not the same anyway.
>>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>>
>>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
>>> configured correclty?
>>>
>>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>>
>>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>>
>>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
>>> change back to the correct time?
>>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Kelvin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
 
On Jul 17, 12:35 pm, "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote:
> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server. Their
> times are not the same anyway.
> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>
> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
> configured correclty?
>
> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>
> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>
> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
> change back to the correct time?
> How long should it take on the work station?
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kelvin

You need to set up the time service in Group Policy.
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

On Jul 18, 11:08 am, "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote:
> I only got one of the Event ID 48. The rest are Event ID 17...
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: W32Time
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 17
> Date: 07/17/2007
> Time: 6:13:06 PM
> User: N/A
> Computer: SERVERNAME
> Description:
> Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually
> configured peer 'PeerList'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 240
> minutes. The error was: No such service is known. The service cannot be
> found in the specified name space. (0x8007277C)
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center athttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> Not sure if this one is any easier to resolve then the other
>
> Kelvin
>
> "viny" <v...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
>
> > One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
> > Try usinghttp://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>
> > If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to add
> > a
> > group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.
>
> > net time //servername /set /y
>
> > "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>
> >> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
> >> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server. Their
> >> times are not the same anyway.
> >> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>
> >> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
> >> configured correclty?
>
> >> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
> >> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>
> >> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>
> >> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
> >> change back to the correct time?
> >> How long should it take on the work station?
>
> >> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> >> Thanks!
>
> >> Kelvin

Make sure you time service is registered... As long as your
workstations are joined to the domain follow these steps..

net stop w32tm (test the service)

net start w32tm (if stopping it works)

otherwise..... start - run - regsvr32 w32time.dll

now go.. start - run - cmd - w32tm /resync

this will sync your workstation with your dc, you shouldnt have to use
any other switches.
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

This value is PeerList
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
NtpServer
My registry looks like this:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters]
"ServiceMain"="SvchostEntry_W32Time"
"ServiceDll"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,44,00,4f,00,57,00,53,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,77,00,33,00,\
32,00,74,00,69,00,6d,00,65,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"NtpServer"="PeerList"
"Type"="NTP"

Is this command for the Server that the workstations are getting the time
from or the workstations?
When I run "w32tm /resync" on the server I get a message.
"The computer did not sync because no time data was available"

This command "w32tm /resync /computer:DCservername" returns:
"The computer did not sync because no time data was available"

Seems I'm still dead in the water.......

Any more ideas on how to resolve this?

Thanks

Kelvin

"Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:54340854-A23D-48E2-9FC7-577E8D69A838@microsoft.com...
> The list of NTP servers (peerlist) is stored at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
> NtpServer.
>
> If the "Type" value in this key is "NT5DS", the computer is configured to
> get time from the domain hierarchy, not the server(s) identified in the
> NtpServer value.
>
> Use the commands:
>
> w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manualpeerlist
>
> w32tm /config /update
>
> to switch to using the server specified in the NtpServer parameter.
>
> The commands:
>
> w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.nist.gov
>
> w32tm /config /update
>
> will set the "peer list" to get time from the time server operated by
> NIST.
>
> The command:
>
> w32tm /resync
>
> will force a time synchronization.
>
> You should get System Event Log entries from the Time Service after most
> of these commands, but I've noticed that the /resync doesn't always create
> one. Restarting the "Windows Time" service should definitly create at
> least one System Even Log entry with source "W32Time telling you where the
> time service is getting time via NTP.
>
> The command
> w32tm /?
> gives reasonably good "Help" information for the w32tm command.
>
> --
> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>
> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>
>
>
> "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
> news:%23zFomVVyHHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I look to me like I don't have a PeerList...
>> Where do I put this file?
>> What are valid entries for this list?
>>
>>
>> I'm getting the following in the Event Viewer of my DC.
>>
>> Event Type: Error
>> Event Source: W32Time
>> Event Category: None
>> Event ID: 48
>> Date: 07/18/2007
>> Time: 6:13:10 AM
>> User: N/A
>> Computer: SERVERNAME
>> Description:
>> Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the
>> manually configured peer 'PeerList'. NtpClient will continue to try the
>> DNS lookup every 960 minutes. This message will not be logged again
>> until a successful lookup of this manually configured peer occurs. The
>> error was: No such service is known. The service cannot be found in the
>> specified name space. (0x8007277C)
>>
>> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>
>> Where do I go from here?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kelvin
>>
>>
>> "viny" <viny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
>>> One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
>>> Try using http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>>>
>>> If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to
>>> add a
>>> group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.
>>>
>>> net time //servername /set /y
>>>
>>>
>>> "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>>>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
>>>> Their
>>>> times are not the same anyway.
>>>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
>>>> configured correclty?
>>>>
>>>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>>>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>>>
>>>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>>>
>>>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
>>>> change back to the correct time?
>>>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Kelvin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
 
Hi Greg

"You need to set up the time service in Group Policy" can you give me a
little more to go on to look this up?

Thanks

Kelvin

"Greg O" <gregorme@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184829962.603065.182880@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 17, 12:35 pm, "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote:
>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server. Their
>> times are not the same anyway.
>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>
>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
>> configured correclty?
>>
>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>
>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>
>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
>> change back to the correct time?
>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kelvin
>
> You need to set up the time service in Group Policy.
>
>
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

This command "w32tm /resync" on the DC and workstation it returns the
following:
Sending resync command to local computer...
The computer did not resync because no time data was available.

"Cstorms" <corystorms@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184851397.878024.115110@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 18, 11:08 am, "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote:
>> I only got one of the Event ID 48. The rest are Event ID 17...
>>
>> Event Type: Error
>> Event Source: W32Time
>> Event Category: None
>> Event ID: 17
>> Date: 07/17/2007
>> Time: 6:13:06 PM
>> User: N/A
>> Computer: SERVERNAME
>> Description:
>> Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the
>> manually
>> configured peer 'PeerList'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in
>> 240
>> minutes. The error was: No such service is known. The service cannot be
>> found in the specified name space. (0x8007277C)
>>
>> For more information, see Help and Support Center
>> athttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>
>> Not sure if this one is any easier to resolve then the other
>>
>> Kelvin
>>
>> "viny" <v...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
>>
>> > One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
>> > Try usinghttp://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>>
>> > If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to
>> > add
>> > a
>> > group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.
>>
>> > net time //servername /set /y
>>
>> > "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>>
>> >> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>> >> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
>> >> Their
>> >> times are not the same anyway.
>> >> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>
>> >> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything
>> >> is
>> >> configured correclty?
>>
>> >> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>> >> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>
>> >> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>
>> >> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see
>> >> it
>> >> change back to the correct time?
>> >> How long should it take on the work station?
>>
>> >> Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>> >> Thanks!
>>
>> >> Kelvin
>
> Make sure you time service is registered... As long as your
> workstations are joined to the domain follow these steps..
>
> net stop w32tm (test the service)
>
> net start w32tm (if stopping it works)
>
> otherwise..... start - run - regsvr32 w32time.dll
>
> now go.. start - run - cmd - w32tm /resync
>
> this will sync your workstation with your dc, you shouldnt have to use
> any other switches.
>
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

Addional info......
I stopped and restarted the Windows Time server on my DC and Event viewer
reports that it both stopped and restarted just fine...


"Cstorms" <corystorms@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184851397.878024.115110@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 18, 11:08 am, "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote:
>> I only got one of the Event ID 48. The rest are Event ID 17...
>>
>> Event Type: Error
>> Event Source: W32Time
>> Event Category: None
>> Event ID: 17
>> Date: 07/17/2007
>> Time: 6:13:06 PM
>> User: N/A
>> Computer: SERVERNAME
>> Description:
>> Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the
>> manually
>> configured peer 'PeerList'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in
>> 240
>> minutes. The error was: No such service is known. The service cannot be
>> found in the specified name space. (0x8007277C)
>>
>> For more information, see Help and Support Center
>> athttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>
>> Not sure if this one is any easier to resolve then the other
>>
>> Kelvin
>>
>> "viny" <v...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
>>
>> > One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
>> > Try usinghttp://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>>
>> > If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to
>> > add
>> > a
>> > group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.
>>
>> > net time //servername /set /y
>>
>> > "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>>
>> >> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>> >> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
>> >> Their
>> >> times are not the same anyway.
>> >> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>
>> >> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything
>> >> is
>> >> configured correclty?
>>
>> >> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>> >> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>
>> >> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>
>> >> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see
>> >> it
>> >> change back to the correct time?
>> >> How long should it take on the work station?
>>
>> >> Any help would be appreciated!
>>
>> >> Thanks!
>>
>> >> Kelvin
>
> Make sure you time service is registered... As long as your
> workstations are joined to the domain follow these steps..
>
> net stop w32tm (test the service)
>
> net start w32tm (if stopping it works)
>
> otherwise..... start - run - regsvr32 w32time.dll
>
> now go.. start - run - cmd - w32tm /resync
>
> this will sync your workstation with your dc, you shouldnt have to use
> any other switches.
>
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

The "NtpServer" registry value should have the DNS name of the time server
you want to use, not "PeerList".

In KB article 216734 in the section "Configuring Windows Time service to use
an external time source", step 5.b. says to type "Peers" and then goes on to
explain that this does not mean literally the word "Peers", but the actual
DNS name of the NTP server to use. You can specify more than one NTP
server's DNS name in case one becomes unavailable, but this is not generally
necessary because the NTP service provided by "well known" providers, such
as NIST (time.nist.gov) in the US or NRC (time.nrc.ca) in Canada, are very
reliable.

So, with NtpServer set to "PeerList", this won't work. You need to change
NtpServer to that it has the actual DNS name of a good NTP server.

Run the commands:

The commands:

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.nist.gov

w32tm /config /update

This will set the registry value "NtpServer" to "time.nist.gov".

Then run the command

w32tm /resync

to get the time synchronized.

There may be some situations where you need to set the Time Service
parameters by Group Policy, but generally speaking, this is not necessary.
When computers are joined to the domain, they will automatically be set to
synchronize time from the domain.

See these articles:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042/en-us
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...ef46-4931-8e4a-2fc5b4ddb0471033.mspx?mfr=true
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216734/EN-US/
--
Bruce Sanderson MVP
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/
It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.


"Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
news:u6L6zLhyHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> This value is PeerList
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
> NtpServer
> My registry looks like this:
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters]
> "ServiceMain"="SvchostEntry_W32Time"
> "ServiceDll"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,44,00,4f,00,57,00,53,\
>
> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,77,00,33,00,\
> 32,00,74,00,69,00,6d,00,65,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
> "NtpServer"="PeerList"
> "Type"="NTP"
>
> Is this command for the Server that the workstations are getting the time
> from or the workstations?
> When I run "w32tm /resync" on the server I get a message.
> "The computer did not sync because no time data was available"
>
> This command "w32tm /resync /computer:DCservername" returns:
> "The computer did not sync because no time data was available"
>
> Seems I'm still dead in the water.......
>
> Any more ideas on how to resolve this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kelvin
>
> "Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:54340854-A23D-48E2-9FC7-577E8D69A838@microsoft.com...
>> The list of NTP servers (peerlist) is stored at
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
>> NtpServer.
>>
>> If the "Type" value in this key is "NT5DS", the computer is configured to
>> get time from the domain hierarchy, not the server(s) identified in the
>> NtpServer value.
>>
>> Use the commands:
>>
>> w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manualpeerlist
>>
>> w32tm /config /update
>>
>> to switch to using the server specified in the NtpServer parameter.
>>
>> The commands:
>>
>> w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.nist.gov
>>
>> w32tm /config /update
>>
>> will set the "peer list" to get time from the time server operated by
>> NIST.
>>
>> The command:
>>
>> w32tm /resync
>>
>> will force a time synchronization.
>>
>> You should get System Event Log entries from the Time Service after most
>> of these commands, but I've noticed that the /resync doesn't always
>> create one. Restarting the "Windows Time" service should definitly create
>> at least one System Even Log entry with source "W32Time telling you where
>> the time service is getting time via NTP.
>>
>> The command
>> w32tm /?
>> gives reasonably good "Help" information for the w32tm command.
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
>> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>>
>> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
>> news:%23zFomVVyHHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I look to me like I don't have a PeerList...
>>> Where do I put this file?
>>> What are valid entries for this list?
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm getting the following in the Event Viewer of my DC.
>>>
>>> Event Type: Error
>>> Event Source: W32Time
>>> Event Category: None
>>> Event ID: 48
>>> Date: 07/18/2007
>>> Time: 6:13:10 AM
>>> User: N/A
>>> Computer: SERVERNAME
>>> Description:
>>> Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the
>>> manually configured peer 'PeerList'. NtpClient will continue to try the
>>> DNS lookup every 960 minutes. This message will not be logged again
>>> until a successful lookup of this manually configured peer occurs. The
>>> error was: No such service is known. The service cannot be found in the
>>> specified name space. (0x8007277C)
>>>
>>> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>>
>>> Where do I go from here?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Kelvin
>>>
>>>
>>> "viny" <viny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
>>>> One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
>>>> Try using http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>>>>
>>>> If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to
>>>> add a
>>>> group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.
>>>>
>>>> net time //servername /set /y
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>>>>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
>>>>> Their
>>>>> times are not the same anyway.
>>>>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything
>>>>> is
>>>>> configured correclty?
>>>>>
>>>>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>>>>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>>>>
>>>>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see
>>>>> it
>>>>> change back to the correct time?
>>>>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Kelvin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
 
This should explain it:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr.../technologies/security/ws03mngd/26_s3wts.mspx


"Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
news:uHT$XMhyHHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi Greg
>
> "You need to set up the time service in Group Policy" can you give me a
> little more to go on to look this up?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kelvin
>
> "Greg O" <gregorme@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1184829962.603065.182880@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jul 17, 12:35 pm, "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote:
>>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
>>> Their
>>> times are not the same anyway.
>>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>>
>>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
>>> configured correclty?
>>>
>>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>>
>>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>>
>>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
>>> change back to the correct time?
>>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Kelvin
>>
>> You need to set up the time service in Group Policy.
>>
>>
>
>
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

in this artical http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042/en-us #4c says to
type "peers" I'm guessing that's a list of names... Where do I get that list
of values from?
Or, what are valid entires for this list...

Thanks

Kelvin


"Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:eF6qxoiyHHA.312@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> The "NtpServer" registry value should have the DNS name of the time server
> you want to use, not "PeerList".
>
> In KB article 216734 in the section "Configuring Windows Time service to
> use an external time source", step 5.b. says to type "Peers" and then goes
> on to explain that this does not mean literally the word "Peers", but the
> actual DNS name of the NTP server to use. You can specify more than one
> NTP server's DNS name in case one becomes unavailable, but this is not
> generally necessary because the NTP service provided by "well known"
> providers, such as NIST (time.nist.gov) in the US or NRC (time.nrc.ca) in
> Canada, are very reliable.
>
> So, with NtpServer set to "PeerList", this won't work. You need to change
> NtpServer to that it has the actual DNS name of a good NTP server.
>
> Run the commands:
>
> The commands:
>
> w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.nist.gov
>
> w32tm /config /update
>
> This will set the registry value "NtpServer" to "time.nist.gov".
>
> Then run the command
>
> w32tm /resync
>
> to get the time synchronized.
>
> There may be some situations where you need to set the Time Service
> parameters by Group Policy, but generally speaking, this is not necessary.
> When computers are joined to the domain, they will automatically be set to
> synchronize time from the domain.
>
> See these articles:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042/en-us
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...ef46-4931-8e4a-2fc5b4ddb0471033.mspx?mfr=true
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216734/EN-US/
> --
> Bruce Sanderson MVP
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/
> It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>
>
> "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
> news:u6L6zLhyHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> This value is PeerList
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
>> NtpServer
>> My registry looks like this:
>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters]
>> "ServiceMain"="SvchostEntry_W32Time"
>> "ServiceDll"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,44,00,4f,00,57,00,53,\
>>
>> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,77,00,33,00,\
>> 32,00,74,00,69,00,6d,00,65,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
>> "NtpServer"="PeerList"
>> "Type"="NTP"
>>
>> Is this command for the Server that the workstations are getting the time
>> from or the workstations?
>> When I run "w32tm /resync" on the server I get a message.
>> "The computer did not sync because no time data was available"
>>
>> This command "w32tm /resync /computer:DCservername" returns:
>> "The computer did not sync because no time data was available"
>>
>> Seems I'm still dead in the water.......
>>
>> Any more ideas on how to resolve this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kelvin
>>
>> "Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:54340854-A23D-48E2-9FC7-577E8D69A838@microsoft.com...
>>> The list of NTP servers (peerlist) is stored at
>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
>>> NtpServer.
>>>
>>> If the "Type" value in this key is "NT5DS", the computer is configured
>>> to get time from the domain hierarchy, not the server(s) identified in
>>> the NtpServer value.
>>>
>>> Use the commands:
>>>
>>> w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manualpeerlist
>>>
>>> w32tm /config /update
>>>
>>> to switch to using the server specified in the NtpServer parameter.
>>>
>>> The commands:
>>>
>>> w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.nist.gov
>>>
>>> w32tm /config /update
>>>
>>> will set the "peer list" to get time from the time server operated by
>>> NIST.
>>>
>>> The command:
>>>
>>> w32tm /resync
>>>
>>> will force a time synchronization.
>>>
>>> You should get System Event Log entries from the Time Service after most
>>> of these commands, but I've noticed that the /resync doesn't always
>>> create one. Restarting the "Windows Time" service should definitly
>>> create at least one System Even Log entry with source "W32Time telling
>>> you where the time service is getting time via NTP.
>>>
>>> The command
>>> w32tm /?
>>> gives reasonably good "Help" information for the w32tm command.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
>>> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>>>
>>> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23zFomVVyHHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>I look to me like I don't have a PeerList...
>>>> Where do I put this file?
>>>> What are valid entries for this list?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm getting the following in the Event Viewer of my DC.
>>>>
>>>> Event Type: Error
>>>> Event Source: W32Time
>>>> Event Category: None
>>>> Event ID: 48
>>>> Date: 07/18/2007
>>>> Time: 6:13:10 AM
>>>> User: N/A
>>>> Computer: SERVERNAME
>>>> Description:
>>>> Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the
>>>> manually configured peer 'PeerList'. NtpClient will continue to try the
>>>> DNS lookup every 960 minutes. This message will not be logged again
>>>> until a successful lookup of this manually configured peer occurs.
>>>> The error was: No such service is known. The service cannot be found in
>>>> the specified name space. (0x8007277C)
>>>>
>>>> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>>>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>>>
>>>> Where do I go from here?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Kelvin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "viny" <viny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
>>>>> One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
>>>>> Try using http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is to
>>>>> add a
>>>>> group policy under login to run a script to update time on the server.
>>>>>
>>>>> net time //servername /set /y
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>>>>>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
>>>>>> Their
>>>>>> times are not the same anyway.
>>>>>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> configured correclty?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start
>>>>>> automatically.
>>>>>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> change back to the correct time?
>>>>>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kelvin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
Ok this artical has lists, how does one enter this in the registy?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262680/en-us

Thanks

Kelvin


"Greg O" <none@all.com> wrote in message
news:emUqNFpyHHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> This should explain it:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr.../technologies/security/ws03mngd/26_s3wts.mspx
>
>
> "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
> news:uHT$XMhyHHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Greg
>>
>> "You need to set up the time service in Group Policy" can you give me a
>> little more to go on to look this up?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kelvin
>>
>> "Greg O" <gregorme@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1184829962.603065.182880@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Jul 17, 12:35 pm, "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote:
>>>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>>>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
>>>> Their
>>>> times are not the same anyway.
>>>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything is
>>>> configured correclty?
>>>>
>>>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>>>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>>>
>>>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>>>
>>>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see it
>>>> change back to the correct time?
>>>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Kelvin
>>>
>>> You need to set up the time service in Group Policy.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

"Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
news:uPdYr4uyHHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> in this artical http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042/en-us #4c says to
> type "peers" I'm guessing that's a list of names... Where do I get that
> list of values from?
> Or, what are valid entires for this list...

Suggestion:

0.pool.ntp.org
1.pool.ntp.org
2.pool.ntp.org
3.pool.ntp.org

See: http://www.pool.ntp.org/

-bws
 
is this one a valid entry?
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters]
"NtpServer"="time-a.nist.gov, 0X1"

When I run "w32tm /resync" on the DC it updates the time on the server fine,
but I get the following event in Event Viewer (with a red stop sign)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 17
Date: 7/20/2007
Time: 12:40:59 PM
User: N/A
Computer: SERVERNAME
Description:
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually
configured peer '0X1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 15
minutes. The error was: No such service is known. The service cannot be
found in the specified name space. (0x8007277C)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Any ideas?

Kelvin


"Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
news:Owrn35uyHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Ok this artical has lists, how does one enter this in the registy?
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262680/en-us
>
> Thanks
>
> Kelvin
>
>
> "Greg O" <none@all.com> wrote in message
> news:emUqNFpyHHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> This should explain it:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr.../technologies/security/ws03mngd/26_s3wts.mspx
>>
>>
>> "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
>> news:uHT$XMhyHHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Greg
>>>
>>> "You need to set up the time service in Group Policy" can you give me a
>>> little more to go on to look this up?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Kelvin
>>>
>>> "Greg O" <gregorme@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1184829962.603065.182880@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>>>> On Jul 17, 12:35 pm, "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote:
>>>>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>>>>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
>>>>> Their
>>>>> times are not the same anyway.
>>>>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything
>>>>> is
>>>>> configured correclty?
>>>>>
>>>>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
>>>>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>>>>
>>>>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see
>>>>> it
>>>>> change back to the correct time?
>>>>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Kelvin
>>>>
>>>> You need to set up the time service in Group Policy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
On Jul 20, 1:00 pm, "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote:
> is this one a valid entry?
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters]
> "NtpServer"="time-a.nist.gov, 0X1"
>
> When I run "w32tm /resync" on the DC it updates the time on the server fine,
> but I get the following event in Event Viewer (with a red stop sign)
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: W32Time
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 17
> Date: 7/20/2007
> Time: 12:40:59 PM
> User: N/A
> Computer: SERVERNAME
> Description:
> Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually
> configured peer '0X1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 15
> minutes. The error was: No such service is known. The service cannot be
> found in the specified name space. (0x8007277C)
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center athttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Kelvin
>
> "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in messagenews:Owrn35uyHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> > Ok this artical has lists, how does one enter this in the registy?
> >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262680/en-us
>
> > Thanks
>
> > Kelvin
>
> > "Greg O" <n...@all.com> wrote in message
> >news:emUqNFpyHHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> This should explain it:
>
> >>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/techno...
>
> >> "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
> >>news:uHT$XMhyHHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >>> Hi Greg
>
> >>> "You need to set up the time service in Group Policy" can you give me a
> >>> little more to go on to look this up?
>
> >>> Thanks
>
> >>> Kelvin
>
> >>> "Greg O" <grego...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:1184829962.603065.182880@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> >>>> On Jul 17, 12:35 pm, "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote:
> >>>>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
> >>>>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
> >>>>> Their
> >>>>> times are not the same anyway.
> >>>>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>
> >>>>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything
> >>>>> is
> >>>>> configured correclty?
>
> >>>>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start automatically.
> >>>>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>
> >>>>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>
> >>>>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see
> >>>>> it
> >>>>> change back to the correct time?
> >>>>> How long should it take on the work station?
>
> >>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> >>>>> Thanks!
>
> >>>>> Kelvin
>
> >>>> You need to set up the time service in Group Policy.

It looks like you need a different valid source, you can go to this
site and find a good ntp server.

http://tf.nist.gov/service/time-servers.html
 
Re: How do I confirm that my time server is running and that my work s

See http://tf.nist.gov/service/time-servers.html,
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumTwoTimeServers or
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome.

I found out this morning that time.nist.gov appears to be suffering from
overload, resulting in failure to synchronize time, so I suggest avoiding
that one.

To specify more than one potential NTP server, the names in the list have to
be space seperated, so enclose the list in quotes:

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"time.nrc.ca time.windows.com"

--
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It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
news:uPdYr4uyHHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> in this artical http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042/en-us #4c says to
> type "peers" I'm guessing that's a list of names... Where do I get that
> list of values from?
> Or, what are valid entires for this list...
>
> Thanks
>
> Kelvin
>
>
> "Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:eF6qxoiyHHA.312@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> The "NtpServer" registry value should have the DNS name of the time
>> server you want to use, not "PeerList".
>>
>> In KB article 216734 in the section "Configuring Windows Time service to
>> use an external time source", step 5.b. says to type "Peers" and then
>> goes on to explain that this does not mean literally the word "Peers",
>> but the actual DNS name of the NTP server to use. You can specify more
>> than one NTP server's DNS name in case one becomes unavailable, but this
>> is not generally necessary because the NTP service provided by "well
>> known" providers, such as NIST (time.nist.gov) in the US or NRC
>> (time.nrc.ca) in Canada, are very reliable.
>>
>> So, with NtpServer set to "PeerList", this won't work. You need to
>> change NtpServer to that it has the actual DNS name of a good NTP server.
>>
>> Run the commands:
>>
>> The commands:
>>
>> w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.nist.gov
>>
>> w32tm /config /update
>>
>> This will set the registry value "NtpServer" to "time.nist.gov".
>>
>> Then run the command
>>
>> w32tm /resync
>>
>> to get the time synchronized.
>>
>> There may be some situations where you need to set the Time Service
>> parameters by Group Policy, but generally speaking, this is not
>> necessary. When computers are joined to the domain, they will
>> automatically be set to synchronize time from the domain.
>>
>> See these articles:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042/en-us
>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...ef46-4931-8e4a-2fc5b4ddb0471033.mspx?mfr=true
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216734/EN-US/
>> --
>> Bruce Sanderson MVP
>> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/
>> It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>>
>>
>> "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
>> news:u6L6zLhyHHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> This value is PeerList
>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
>>> NtpServer
>>> My registry looks like this:
>>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>>
>>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters]
>>> "ServiceMain"="SvchostEntry_W32Time"
>>> "ServiceDll"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,44,00,4f,00,57,00,53,\
>>>
>>> 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,77,00,33,00,\
>>> 32,00,74,00,69,00,6d,00,65,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
>>> "NtpServer"="PeerList"
>>> "Type"="NTP"
>>>
>>> Is this command for the Server that the workstations are getting the
>>> time from or the workstations?
>>> When I run "w32tm /resync" on the server I get a message.
>>> "The computer did not sync because no time data was available"
>>>
>>> This command "w32tm /resync /computer:DCservername" returns:
>>> "The computer did not sync because no time data was available"
>>>
>>> Seems I'm still dead in the water.......
>>>
>>> Any more ideas on how to resolve this?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Kelvin
>>>
>>> "Bruce Sanderson" <bsanders@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
>>> news:54340854-A23D-48E2-9FC7-577E8D69A838@microsoft.com...
>>>> The list of NTP servers (peerlist) is stored at
>>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
>>>> NtpServer.
>>>>
>>>> If the "Type" value in this key is "NT5DS", the computer is configured
>>>> to get time from the domain hierarchy, not the server(s) identified in
>>>> the NtpServer value.
>>>>
>>>> Use the commands:
>>>>
>>>> w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manualpeerlist
>>>>
>>>> w32tm /config /update
>>>>
>>>> to switch to using the server specified in the NtpServer parameter.
>>>>
>>>> The commands:
>>>>
>>>> w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.nist.gov
>>>>
>>>> w32tm /config /update
>>>>
>>>> will set the "peer list" to get time from the time server operated by
>>>> NIST.
>>>>
>>>> The command:
>>>>
>>>> w32tm /resync
>>>>
>>>> will force a time synchronization.
>>>>
>>>> You should get System Event Log entries from the Time Service after
>>>> most of these commands, but I've noticed that the /resync doesn't
>>>> always create one. Restarting the "Windows Time" service should
>>>> definitly create at least one System Even Log entry with source
>>>> "W32Time telling you where the time service is getting time via NTP.
>>>>
>>>> The command
>>>> w32tm /?
>>>> gives reasonably good "Help" information for the w32tm command.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
>>>> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>>>>
>>>> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Kelvin Beaton" <kelvin at mccsa dot com> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23zFomVVyHHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>I look to me like I don't have a PeerList...
>>>>> Where do I put this file?
>>>>> What are valid entries for this list?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm getting the following in the Event Viewer of my DC.
>>>>>
>>>>> Event Type: Error
>>>>> Event Source: W32Time
>>>>> Event Category: None
>>>>> Event ID: 48
>>>>> Date: 07/18/2007
>>>>> Time: 6:13:10 AM
>>>>> User: N/A
>>>>> Computer: SERVERNAME
>>>>> Description:
>>>>> Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the
>>>>> manually configured peer 'PeerList'. NtpClient will continue to try
>>>>> the DNS lookup every 960 minutes. This message will not be logged
>>>>> again until a successful lookup of this manually configured peer
>>>>> occurs. The error was: No such service is known. The service cannot be
>>>>> found in the specified name space. (0x8007277C)
>>>>>
>>>>> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>>>>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where do I go from here?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Kelvin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "viny" <viny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:EF241968-A566-4579-8C5E-62425887601A@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> One way to check is to confirm with external Time Zone server
>>>>>> Try using http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If your DC is time is ok , one way for clients to update as well is
>>>>>> to add a
>>>>>> group policy under login to run a script to update time on the
>>>>>> server.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> net time //servername /set /y
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Kelvin Beaton" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a Windows 2003 server that is my DC.
>>>>>>> My XP SP2 workstations are not getting their time from that server.
>>>>>>> Their
>>>>>>> times are not the same anyway.
>>>>>>> All the workstations are port of my domain.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a good check list I can go throught to make sure everything
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> configured correclty?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Windows Time service is running and is set to start
>>>>>>> automatically.
>>>>>>> Event view doesn't have any Time Service event that I can see.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Where do I find the "Peerlist" ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If I change the time on my DC, how long should I have to wait to see
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> change back to the correct time?
>>>>>>> How long should it take on the work station?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kelvin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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