Setting NTP on Windows 2003

[Hammertime]

Dumb question i'm sure,

I can point XP desktops to the NTP server and all works fine but I can't find the option in 2003! Can someone please tell me if there is a GUI way of doing it or just a command to run in cmd, thanks!

Hammertime

 

[cameramonkey]

I cheat. I use this free software:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nettime/

alternatively, you can create a text file with the addresses of the ntp servers you want to query.
Then, at the command prompt, enter "net time /setsntp:[ntp server list]"

thats how I remember it, I could be wrong. If in doubt, go to your command prompt and enter "net time /?" it will give the correct syntax.

 

[Jpoandl]

You should probably NOT point your XP desktops to a time source if they belong to the domain. The reason is that AD will take care of this automatically for the clients. (If you do not belong to a domain, then you can manually set a time source without any problems.)

To set the time source on the W2K3 server, go to a command prompt and type this: net time /setsntp:x.x.x.x

x.x.x.x = the IP address of you time source. If you don't have a time source, enter the ip address of you PDC emulator.

Note: Your PDC emulator is by default the time source for your domain.

-hope this helps...



Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2003

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[cameramonkey]

he has a good point that I failed to notice regarding the external time source.


I use nettime for my servers, then I add
"net time \\[pdc] /set /yes" to my login scripts to sync my workstations to the server.