Clock on PC's not syncing

[dezt]

Since the clocks went back, all the PC's in 1 room don't have the same time as the rest of the school.

 

Is there some sort of service that should be running that i can check.

 

Or is there something else that i can look at.

 

 

 

dezt

[Geoff]

Are the time zone and daylight savings settings correct on the PCs?

[Xiol]

You could always use the "settime" command in a KIX based logon script to sync the time up with the server?

[ChrisH]

You could always use the "settime" command in a KIX based logon script to sync the time up with the server?

 

You can do it in dos as well

 

net time\\server   /set  /yes

 

or it seems

 

net time

 

Will sync the time with the DC.

[Geoff]

But it wont help if the timezone/daylight savings settings are wrong on the PC!

[NetworkGeezer]

Are the PCs on a domain? Surely they should be picking up the time from a DC or other time server.

[webman]

It doesn't matter where it picks the time up from - Windows adjusts the clock based on that time and then applies any daylight savings settings IIRC.

[Geoff]

I know webman, but no one appears to be listening.

[dezt]

I'll give the net time command a try, they are all part of the same domain and the time settings and daylight saving settings are set correctly.

 

thanks so far.

[nsherin]

I'll give the net time command a try, they are all part of the same domain and the time settings and daylight saving settings are set correctly.

 

thanks so far.

 

Any luck so far? What I've done is to set our DC with the correct time, then push out a net time command via login scripts. I'll try and look up the exact syntax I've used when I'm back in the office tomorrow morning and get back to you.

[PiqueABoo]

then push out a net time command via login scripts

 

If you need to do that then your domain is (slightly) broken and you should fix it instead. There are a zillion ways to break things but:

 

Look at a workstation System event log for w32time errors. If you find them (forget the event IDs, but they come in pairs) go to your PDC Emulator and check the SEL there to see if the time service is happy.

 

I've seen a particular scenario (over and over and over again) where the PDC Emulator didn't supply time to the domain until it was configured with an external time source.

[nsherin]

Thanks PiqueABoo - I'll have a look on my workstation and see if any w32time errors are kicking up and check out what you suggest.