Time service problem

[PaddleHard]

Greetings,

We are running server 2003 r2 fully patched domain controllers.
Everything has been running fine for quite a while--event logs running
clean, no replication issues, etc. This afternoon, I noticed my time
changed on my XP box. I got on our PDC Em. and it was skewed by an
hour just like my PC. I had set this server a good while back to pull
time from an external source and it has been humming along. I hunted
down the KB article on setting an authoritative time server and dug
into the registry. It appeared that some setting had been changed, so
I got that fixed and changed the source (time.windows.com didn't seem
to be working) to USNO ntp. Now it seems that the servers are
'catching up', but even when I stop/start time service on my xp box or
restart, it still shows off by an hour. And I have double checked the
time zone and it's correct. Running dcdiag & netdiag showed no errors
at all! I stop/start time service on the PDC Em. and it shows where it
successfully contacts the time server. Any suggestions?

 

[Meinolf Weber]

Re: Time service problem

Hello PaddleHard,

If the PDCEmulator is fine, run on the client:

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update

After that run:

net stop w32time
net start w32time

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Greetings,
>
> We are running server 2003 r2 fully patched domain controllers.
> Everything has been running fine for quite a while--event logs running
> clean, no replication issues, etc. This afternoon, I noticed my time
> changed on my XP box. I got on our PDC Em. and it was skewed by an
> hour just like my PC. I had set this server a good while back to pull
> time from an external source and it has been humming along. I hunted
> down the KB article on setting an authoritative time server and dug
> into the registry. It appeared that some setting had been changed, so
> I got that fixed and changed the source (time.windows.com didn't seem
> to be working) to USNO ntp. Now it seems that the servers are
> 'catching up', but even when I stop/start time service on my xp box or
> restart, it still shows off by an hour. And I have double checked the
> time zone and it's correct. Running dcdiag & netdiag showed no errors
> at all! I stop/start time service on the PDC Em. and it shows where it
> successfully contacts the time server. Any suggestions?
>

 

[PaddleHard]

Re: Time service problem

Thanks for the reply, Meinolf. It appears that the PDC E has the wrong
time zone after all: EST. According to the MS KB, the tzchange.exe
should've installed wtih SP2, but it didn't, so I copied it from
another server and tried to change the time zone. Didn't work and am
trying again this am with a clear head!


On Oct 30, 6:31 pm, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello PaddleHard,
>
> If the PDCEmulator is fine, run on the client:
>
> w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update
>
> After that run:
>
> net stop w32time
> net start w32time
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!!http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
> > Greetings,
>
> > We are running server 2003 r2 fully patched domain controllers.
> > Everything has been running fine for quite a while--event logs running
> > clean, no replication issues, etc. This afternoon, I noticed my time
> > changed on my XP box. I got on our PDC Em. and it was skewed by an
> > hour just like my PC. I had set this server a good while back to pull
> > time from an external source and it has been humming along. I hunted
> > down the KB article on setting an authoritative time server and dug
> > into the registry. It appeared that some setting had been changed, so
> > I got that fixed and changed the source (time.windows.com didn't seem
> > to be working) to USNO ntp. Now it seems that the servers are
> > 'catching up', but even when I stop/start time service on my xp box or
> > restart, it still shows off by an hour. And I have double checked the
> > time zone and it's correct. Running dcdiag & netdiag showed no errors
> > at all! I stop/start time service on the PDC Em. and it shows where it
> > successfully contacts the time server. Any suggestions?

 

[PaddleHard]

Re: Time service problem

Okay, tried updating with the most recent version timezone patch, but
got the message that it already had the update. Tried to use
tzedit.exe and also tried to hack the registry (kb 914387), but no
change. Suggestions?

On Oct 31, 7:49 am, PaddleHard <ipaddle4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, Meinolf. It appears that the PDC E has the wrong
> time zone after all: EST. According to the MS KB, the tzchange.exe
> should've installed wtih SP2, but it didn't, so I copied it from
> another server and tried to change the time zone. Didn't work and am
> trying again this am with a clear head!
>
> On Oct 30, 6:31 pm, Meinolf Weber <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > Hello PaddleHard,
>
> > If the PDCEmulator is fine, run on the client:
>
> > w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update
>
> > After that run:
>
> > net stop w32time
> > net start w32time
>
> > Best regards
>
> > Meinolf Weber
> > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> > no rights.
> > ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> > ** HELP us help YOU!!!http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
> > > Greetings,
>
> > > We are running server 2003 r2 fully patched domain controllers.
> > > Everything has been running fine for quite a while--event logs running
> > > clean, no replication issues, etc. This afternoon, I noticed my time
> > > changed on my XP box. I got on our PDC Em. and it was skewed by an
> > > hour just like my PC. I had set this server a good while back to pull
> > > time from an external source and it has been humming along. I hunted
> > > down the KB article on setting an authoritative time server and dug
> > > into the registry. It appeared that some setting had been changed, so
> > > I got that fixed and changed the source (time.windows.com didn't seem
> > > to be working) to USNO ntp. Now it seems that the servers are
> > > 'catching up', but even when I stop/start time service on my xp box or
> > > restart, it still shows off by an hour. And I have double checked the
> > > time zone and it's correct. Running dcdiag & netdiag showed no errors
> > > at all! I stop/start time service on the PDC Em. and it shows where it
> > > successfully contacts the time server. Any suggestions?