XP Clock error

[sonroda]

Hi,

XP Pro workstation on NT Server Domain.
When trying to open an application i get the error

"contact your administrator to set clock on Server and local computer "
Tried a number of things e.g w32time, Windows time services but no luck
Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Rick998]

sonroda,

First, is the date and time correct on the workstation? If it's wildly off then time synching will fail.

Second, if the workstation is set to get its time from an internal time source (e.g. a server within the organisation) using 'SET TIME' at login or using something like NTPTime (

http://home.att.net/~Tom.Horsley/ntptime.html)

then the Windows Time Service shouldn't be running. Check 'Event Viewer > System' for W32Time errors.

Third, if the Windows Time Service is used, is the entry for server set to the correct internal time source (and if so, is the NTP service running on that server and is it's date/time set correctly)?

We use an internal time source (although in a Novell environment) and have had similar problems. Removing the check mark in 'Control Panel > Date and Time > Internet Time' doesn't actually stop the Windows Time service. You've also got to disable it in Services.

Unfortunately, we've also found that some Critical Updates switch the Windows Time service back on again.

Hope this helps...

Rick

 

[bcastner]

If this is an issue with one or a few workstations, begin by disabling the "Fast Logon Optomization" of default XP behavior. See the last paragraph of faq779-4017

If no help from that:

1. Make sure there are no BIOS updates available and not applied yet to the workstation(s); Both Dell and IBM, and others, have had BIOS issues.

2. Force the time synchronization:
On a Windows NT 4.0-based domain controller that is running W32Time, edit the %SystemRoot%\W32time.ini file and set the "LocalNTP=yes" value.
On the same domain controller, at the command prompt, type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command:
net stop w32time
net stop w32time &&yes, you do it twice to give a delay
w32time -update
net start w32time

On the Windows 2000/XP-based computer, at a command prompt, type net time /setsntp:domain controller. Where domain controller is the domain controller you modified in steps 1 and 2.
NOTE: If you are using Timeserv on the Windows NT 4.0-based domain, you must upgrade to the W32Time service before using this procedure. Timeserv does not support being a Local NTP server.

See:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q258/0/59.ASP&NoWebContent=1

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;216734