Posted by Grant Foraker on January 22, 2007 at 12:40:15:
In Reply to: Comet - TIME Sync posted by Mike Saunders on January 22, 2007 at 12:12:02:
Windows Server 2000 & 2003 usually run as the time "standard" for the network. My networks usually have one server, so I set it up to sync it's time to one of the Internet time server. The workstations usually set themselves up, when joining the domain, to sync their time to the server.
Sometimes the server loses sync with the Internet. I uses a BAT file with the following to force the server to resync.
net stop w32time
net time /setsntp:"time.nist.gov,0x8"
net start w32time
w32tm /resync /nowait
pause
Besides knowing the above commands you might also have to open port "123" on your firewall.
There are lists of time servers on the Internet. I pinged the list until I found one that was "close".