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[mdwebneck]

Before I upgraded my server and lost my network profile on my XP machine, THE XP machine was using the internet time function from "Date and Time" application to keep the time correct.
After joining the XP machine to the new Windows2000 Server domain, the option for using internet time is no longer present in the "Date and Time" dialog box.
I logged off and logged on as local Administrator, but the option is still missing.

How do I recover this option, I do not plan to leave my server hooked up to the internet for security reasons. I use VERIZON DSL for access through my hub.
Something tells me that the Server took over this function but I can't trust it to keep the proper time on its own.

 

[bcastner]

It is set as a Group policy object on the Domain server for all domain clients.

If you logon not to the domain but to the local workstation console as a local not domain user the time service should work normally.

The policy object reads:

"Specifies whether the Windows NTP Client synchronizes time from the domain hierarchy or a manually configured NTP server. Specifies whether the client can synchronize time from a source outside its site, how long the Windows NTP Client waits before attempting to re-resolve an unsuccessfully resolved NTP server name, and the verbosity of the NTP Client's event logging."

As a domain member you cannot change this unless it is changed for the domain as a whole.

 

[kmcferrin]

Correct. Windows XP and 2000 clients that are members of a Win2K AD will pull set their system time to the same as that of the server at login.

I don't believe that there is a way to change this, but a workaround that may do it is to use the NET TIME command from your workstation. The syntax is NET TIME /SETSNTP:server, where server is the IP address of an NTP server. I usually use one of the ones from the US Naval Observatory:

ntp2.usno.navy.mil at 192.5.41.209
tock.usno.navy.mil at 192.5.41.41

If you want, you could create a batch file with this command and add it to the startup folder. That should cause the time to sync on startup.

 

[bcastner]

There are also lots of freeware utilities to do the job. I have used "Atomic Clock" with success.

 

[mdwebneck]

Well, I had already tried logging on as the local
"Administrator", on the local machine, not the domain, but the option still did not show.

I have used TARDIS timekeeper in the past, but did not want to install something that might cause some kind of conflict.

I was hoping since I didn't want to leave my server on the web fulltime that I could re-instate the internet time service on the local machine. {with all that's going on with worms and the such, I don't really want to have my server on the web except to install updates.}
I have both the XP Pro workstation and a Windows2000 workstation in my domain.

 

[bcastner]

Install any time utility you choose. There are valid reasons for trying to control workstation clocks domain wide but using your own time utility is not disruptive.