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by stephen corrigan

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Hi There,

I have a group of locked down machines on a Windows 2k3 domain.

They are unable to sync time to the local PDC (returns event ID 36). I feel this is a permissions errors because when I run this script I wrote using admin credentials it works fine! :

@ echo on

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:DOMHIER /update

net stop "w32time"

net start "w32time"

w32tm /resync

PAUSE

I need users to be unable to change the system time but still have the w32time service sync time with the PDC...

I dont want to use a band aid on this and use the script I wrote with elevated permissions, I'd like a more permanent fix!

Thanks,

Stephen

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by 93961

Why r u using script to sync time? It is done automatically in a W2K3 Domain (AD) at regular intervals set in the Default Domain Policies.
For users to not to change time you can do settings in Domain Group Policy Settings. Even then the client machines will sync with the domain.

by stephen corrigan

Im not using a script to sync the time, I scripted it to test it using domain admin authentication against domain user authentication.

I have it set in the domain group policy for doamin users not to be able to change the time.

by 93961

Then its done and the time will sync even though.

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