Window 2000 Time service

The solution to keeping all workstations' time synchronized with a particular server can be solved by either running a logon script for each workstation or by having each workstation run a batch file on their own after logging on to the network.For example, assume you have a server named TIMESRV that has a reliable system clock. An example batch file that would run either from the workstation, or get called from or be part of a logon script, would look like this:

NET TIME \\TIMESRV /SET /YES

Using just a server name instead of the /DOMAIN or /WORKGROUP parameter avoids the complexity of maintaining different logon scripts or batch files for the different types of network client software. Please keep in mind that if all of your workstations are running the same type of network client software, you may choose instead to use the /DOMAIN or /WORKGROUP parameter. But, in a network with a variety of network client software, it might be easiest to use the "\\computername" (without quotation marks) parameter.

NOTE: NET TIME is enabled by default on all Windows NT workstations and servers.
A Time Source server actually advertises itself through the browser function. You can obtain of list of the services running on a computer using the BROWSTAT utility from the Windows NT and Windows 2000 Resource Kits. To obtain this information, perform the following steps:

Obtain a list of all active transports by typing the following command:

BROWSTAT STATUS [-v] [Domain]
List servers participating in browsing and show services available.
BROWSTAT VIEW
In Windows 2000, for example, Browstat View 1 (There are numbers that correspond to the device\transport.)
FOR FERTHER INFO USE THIS URL:
http://www.geocities.com/dahan_yr/time.htm

For not w2k boxes I recommend NTPTime. For instructions on configuring W32TM.. http://defiant.darlington.com/Software/Win2k/w32tm_service.htm.

To be curteous, configure an internal hierarchy of time servers. For instance, have 1 server in eachphysical location talk to a Tier1 time provider and have the remaining local server sync off of it internaly.

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Run this at a command line
net time \\ /DOMAIN: /SET

You need to do this on all servers except the one server you are running the timeservice.

Secondly, run this at the timeserver...

net time \\ /SETSNTP:

Hope this helps

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