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by j_s

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Hi

One thing that my boss asked me to do was to sort out the clocks on the workstations on our NT network. I wondered if there is any way for all the workstations to read from the time on the server. the reason for this is that they all seem to have the wrong time after a couple of weeks or so.
Is this possible?

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

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by donaldsimpson.co.uk

Hi,
You can use the 'net time' command, just add something like:

Net time //server_name /set /y

to your logon script, or put it in a batch file etc etc.

There are a stack of small applications you can also use to sync your Server with a 'time server' over the net, to ensure all your clocks are always accurate.
Check this link:
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/software.html

hope that helps,
Donald

by j_s

Just to add, I've never built logon scripts or batch files so I wouldn't know where to start with that.
I'll look around this site as I've only just become a member. Are there any other URLs that might help me with logon scripts/batch files for Win95/98 machines logging onto NT Server 4 ?

by bowieb

What I do on my network is use a program called AboutTime. I configure the main server to connect to one of the internet time servers (they are predefined in the software), and the rest of them connect to the main server. You can have it set the time once a day, once an hour, or every 5 minutes, whatever you want. It's a small program. Easy to install and easy to set up. You can get it from the link below. If that doesn't work for some reason, just go to www.zdnet.com/downloads and searchfor it.

ftp://zdftp.zdnet.com/pub/private/sWlIB/utilities/system_utilities/atimeie.exe

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