w32tm equivalents in XP

[aftertaf]

Hi,

I'm looking to control once a week the time synchronisation of the PCs on our network, by script...

For W2000 I have found :
"w32tm - once"
registry setting SpecialSkew to change to Weekly

This means the above command is run and W2000 will not resynchronise automatically for one week.
The script is run once a week to all is ok.

I want to do the same in XP, and I have found differetnt things:

-Best to use a windows server as a time source, a cisco router is not liked by XP.

a rough equivalent of w32tm -once in XP is:
"w32tm /resync /rediscover"

But how can/what should I change to stop XP auto synching whenever it feels like it?
Ive looked in the registry, on technet and I cant make head nor tails of it all.

Thanks in advance,
David

Aftertaf

Sometimes it just needs a good kicking.

 

[BadBigBen]

See if these help any:

How to configure an authoritative time server in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314054/

Windows Time Service Tools and Settings

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...e5f7-41b3-b0e8-240f8236e2101033.mspx?mfr=true

Hkey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet001\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient

is where the TIME POLL is set with the DWORD, SpecialPollInterval, Decimal = seconds...
default is one week...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[linney]

How Do you change the frequency of a Time Synch
thread779-815568

w32tm, where's the "-once"

http://web2.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15913

Q310516 HOW TO: Distribute Registry Changes to Computers in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q310/5/16.asp

 

[aftertaf]

ok so the default is one week, which is the behaviour i want.

So now i've decided to use a NTP server that is a w2k3 DC and not a cisco router, then all is good


Aftertaf

Sometimes it just needs a good kicking.