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by acchong

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My windows 2000 server keep on giving following message from event viewer, please advice how can I solve the problem.

"The Windows Time Service was not able to find a Domain Controller. A time and date update was not possible."

"This Machine is a PDC of the domain at the root of the forest. Configure to sync from External time source using the net command, 'net time /setsntp:'. "

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by ann777

MessageId=0x36
Severity=Error
SymbolicName=MSG_NO_DC_LOCATED
Language=English
The Windows Time Service was not able to find a Domain Controller.
A time and date update was not possible.

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http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBE/Tip2400/rh2466.htm

http://www.jsiinc.com/subf/tip2800/rh2859.htm

http://www.jsiinc.com/subg/tip3400/rh3429.htm

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBF/TIP2600/rh2669.htm

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBE/tip2200/rh2273.htm

http://www.jsiinc.com/subi/tip4200/rh4240.htm

I realize that the above links are a lot to go through. But it's clear step-by-step, and I do not know what you have already done.

by curlergirl

Here's a short TechNet article that gives you a synopsis of what's going on and a quick explanation of how to configure one of your DC's to synchronize itself and an Internet time source server: Q216734 (if you don't have TechNet CDs, go to www.microsoft.com/technet and search for the article #). Another source for general info on Internet time servers is the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) web site: www.boulder.nist.gov. Hope this helps!

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