1

It seems all my DC’s have the correct time but all the domain computers are slow by a little over 5min. I have been searching and following the instructions and nothing seems to be working.

I have followed this guide and done this command.

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist: peers /syncfromflags:MANUAL

followed by

w32tm /resync

and restarted the w32time service. I have re synced all domain controllers as well.

I then decided to make my own group policy with this guide and even after forcing the group policy all the computers time is still behind. any help would be much appreciated.

4 Spice ups
2

Do you have last updates installed?

Is there any GPO in place to prevent some changes?

Arsham

3

no to both. why would it stop all of a sudden without updating? updates seem to destroy my domain more than help.

there is no GPO in place to stop changes I do not think. how could someone change the time settings?

4 
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist: peers /syncfromflags:MANUAL

Peers actually means to put in the name of an NTP server. w32tm won’t be able to resolve “peers” so it will not update the time.

try:

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:1.uk.pool.ntp.org /syncfromflags:MANUAL
2 Spice ups
5

o yea I used 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org instead. I should have been more specific.

6

You listed the command that you used, that command was invalid. If you are not going to give accurate information it is impossible to help.

I wish you luck with the problem.

7

Try this on the PDC, or the DC you are using as the time server

net stop w32Time

w32tm /unregister

w32tm /register

net start w32time

w32tm /resync

Once that is done then try a sync on one of the clients.

run

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update

net stop w32time

net start w32time

3 Spice ups
8

I used this one:

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:“time.nist.gov” /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update

1 Spice up
9

Run this command from a domain computers command shell.

netdom query fsmo

That will tell you where they are syncing the time from. Should be your DC’s but worth checking to make sure.

1 Spice up
10

I checked who holds all the fsmo rules and I am configuring the time settings on the right DC. when running

w32tm /unregister

w32tm /register

I get a access is denied. (0x80070005)

also when trying to resync a client computer using

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update

i get the same "access is denied. (0x80070005)

11

here is a screen shot

Imgur

12

Make sure you right-click and run as Administrator, even if you are an admin on the machine

1 Spice up
13

yea I ran cmd’s as an administrator and redid all the command successfully except for one. I even re-synced a client computer successfully, but the computer is still 6 min behind.

w32tm /resync on the domain controller shows “sending resync command to local computer. The computer did not resync because no time data was available.”

this is super weird. thanks again for everyone’s help

14

That error suggests your GPO is 1. Wrongly configured or 2. Gone South

Delete the GPO that you currently have configured for time sync and start again, making sure all your settings are correct.

1 Spice up
15

looks like most computers will re-sync after a reboot. Thought it should re-sync through GPO without a reboot. I will re post if there is still problems

16

GPO takes a gpupdate from command line once the gpo is in place. A restart of the machine would pull down the gpo and your sync would have been done.

Glad you got a result.