time settings change on server

[Richard Darling]

The time settings are changing by three hours on the SBS2000 and all W2K machines. However, all W95/98 machines retain the proper time. The server time is corrected and within a couple of hours it reverts back to the wrong time on the server and all W2K machines.
Any ideas? The search option has been slooooooow this morning.

RD

[Dries Bertier]

Are you using an external source for time synchronization ? Do you have other servers that are not affected ?

Dries

[Jon Finley]

You can use browstat (from RK) to see if you have a designated Time Server (it will appear as below)

Remoting NetServerEnum to \\FLAXON on transport
\device\Netbt_TCP/IP with flags ffffffff
7 entries returned. 7 total. 20 milliseconds

\\ADMHAYN NT 03.51 (W,S,NT,TS,PBR)
\\AMINGRAH WFW 04.00 (W,S,WFW,PBR)
\\AGROBER NT 03.51 (W,S,NT,PBR,MBR)
\\ASTROLL NT 04.00 (W,S,NT,TS,PBR,BBR,MBR)
\\BATCAVE NT 04.00 (W,S,NT,PBR,MBR)
\\BTSHEET NT 03.51 (W,S,NT,PBR,MBR)
\\BTWAY NT 04.00 (W,S,NT,PBR)

The "TS" entries are for the Time Server.

Then you can check which one has an incorrect entry for the service.


Jon

[Ron Kinner]

Try:

net time /querysntp

see where it gets its time.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q224799

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q216734

Ron

[Richard Darling]

This posting is for a friend and I'm passing the info. on to him. I'm going to assign everyone 6 points to avoid the "magic hat" so others won't check it out, but they were all good suggestions.

I'll post the resolution as soon as he gets back to me.
Thanks.
RD