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Questions tagged [w32time]

w32time is a component of the Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was first shipped in the Windows 2000 release. It is used to keep the time on windows machines in sync and is especially geared for windows machines that are members of active directory.

More information about the components behaviour is available at the following resources.

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How to change time source from "Local CMOS Clock" to "DC"

In a domain, I want to set DC as time server. To do that I use this command: w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:europe.pool.ntp.org /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update and w32tm /resync /rediscover In the client servers I use net time…
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How do I configure a windows domain controller to use an external time server?

I found this KB artice: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042 But it involves a bunch of manual registry hacks. I was hoping to find something buried in Administrative Tools somewhere that allowed me to do this. I'm using Windows Server 2003.
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Can't access some clients using w32tm /stripchart - error: 0x800705B4

I'm trying to track down a time synchronisation problem. I've got a DC in a remote branch. w32tm /dumpreg /subkey:Parameters reveals Type = NT5DS and the Type means its sync'ing with the domain, I understand. I've checked using: w32tm /stripchart…
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Is it viable to use w32tm /stripchart to judge time variance of two Windows hosts from each other? A better way to discover two host's time variance?

Is it viable to use w32tm.exe's option stripchart to judge the time variance of two hosts (within a very small margin of error)? Note that w32tm.exe's stripchart function is separate than the algorithm used by the Windows Time service itself. If…
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2008 R2 DC refuses to Sync w32tm with an external NTP server

We've been dealing with clock inaccuracy in the office for a few months now as a result of our DC's internal clock drifting, and I finally have a few spare cycles to try to take care of the problem. We're running a Server 2008 R2 domain controller…
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How can I check if my time sync is correct?

I have updated a W2K3 settings according to the steps shown here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042#LetMeFixItMyselfAlways2 The peers list I use is: 0.asia.pool.ntp.org,0x1 1.asia.pool.ntp.org,0x1 2.asia.pool.ntp.org,0x1…
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BPA for AD Server 2008 and 2008 R2 DCs W32Time setting complaint

I have been going through some of the warnings raised by BPA against our DCs to make sure everything is as it should be. Everything has been going well until I got to the following warnings: The value of MaxNegPhaseCorrection on the domain…
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What doe 'Root Dispersion' mean? (w32tm /query /status)

I apologise for asking what seems like an easilly googlable question but I've tried, and even Microsoft's own article on W32tm doesn't seem to mention it. I have recently been configuring time sync for a new DC on an existing domain (to replace an…
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Increasing time difference between Windows Server 2003 and time.nist.gov even after explicitly syncing time

I have synced the time of my server to time.nist.gov. This server communicates with a client’s server which is also synced with time.nist.gov. After noting that we seemed to be out of sync with the time server even after explicit syncing, I set up…
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How set in Windows Server 2008 r2 interval to sync time with the PDC emulator?

In a Windows 2003 domain, I have 7 members servers that are Windows Server 2008 R2. I need to make it so that they sync time with the PDC emulator at least every 15 minutes or less if possible. Is this possible?
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Lost NTP sync on SQL servers

I've just noticed that one of our clients SQL servers are syncing against time.microsoft.com, the rest of the domain is looking at ntp.[clients.domain].co.uk, so our SQL servers are about 3 minutes fast. My argument is that we need to stop all SQL…
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Windows 2008 R2 Time Sync Between DCs

Our domain has three domain controllers, two of which are Windows 2008 R2, with a third that runs 2003 R2. DC1 (2008 R2, PDC Emulator, Syncs with external time source) DC2 (2008 R2) DC3 (2003 R2) According to w32tm /monitor DC2 is currently…
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Cannot change "w32tm /query /source" from "Local CMOS Clock" on PDC Domain Controller

I am trying to reconfigure the time settings for a single DC W2K8R2 domain. The DC is not a VM. I followed the instructions on this page to the…
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How to get the NTP offset and delay values in Windows systems

I've a Linux server where I can get the delay and offset values for a certain peer using the ntpq command: $ ntpq -nc peers remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset …
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Domain member server's time is drifting

I have a Windows 2008R2 server that is a member of a domain. The other day I found that its time was different from the domain controller by seven seconds. I ran the following command... w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update net stop…
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