I recently noticed that out domain time was drifting about 5 seconds a week, not a big deal for a while but if it gets too out of sync we would start having Kerberos issues, so better fix it now before we start seeing problems. Here’s what i did to get our domain back on the proper time (and keep it that way)
First off go to your DCHP serve, open DHCP, select ipv4, right click “Server Options”,Check 004 Time Servers and type the IP address for the server you want to be the time server (strongly recommend you use your Primary Domain Controller)
Now open up your PDC, and run “CMD” as an administrator and type the following commans:
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:”0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org”,0×4 /syncfromflags:MANUAL
net stop w32time
net start w32timew32tm /resync /rediscover
That will set round robin time checks with 0.pool.ntp.org,1.pool.ntp.org,and 2.pool.ntp.org. the second set will restart the time service, and the third forces a sync. you should be all set and as your computers renew their dhcp leases they will start getting their time from your time server! if you need to force a computer to update its time you can use the “w32tm /resync /rediscover” command.
If you want to use a different time server just replace the *.pool.ntp.org with one of these servers
Enjoy!!
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