Timeserv.exe using majority of CPU resources

[RachelD]

I recently set up the Time Server service on several servers in my domain.&nbsp;&nbsp;One goes out to NIST to find the time, the other servers look to that server for their time.&nbsp;&nbsp;On some of my machines, server performance was unchanged when the Time Service was started; on others, the server ground to a halt.&nbsp;&nbsp;When I was finally able to take a look at what sort of resources were being tied up, I saw the time service was using up to 98% of the CPU resources.<br><br>Does anyone know why this happens & how I can fix it?&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no significant difference between these servers in terms of CPU, Ram or OS (NT 4.0 SP4).

 

[SunilVarma]

As per the teck Net the reason could be, one of the time servers hat the Timeserv utility contacts has<br>sent no data in its return TCP packet. To resolve this try the below. <br><br><br>Edit the Timeserv.ini file. To do so, follow these steps:<br>&nbsp;<br>1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double- click Services.<br>&nbsp;<br>2. Click Time Service, and then click Stop.<br>&nbsp;<br>3. Using a text editor (such as Notepad.exe or Edit.com), open the Timeserv.ini file that exists in your %SystemRoot% folder.<br>&nbsp;<br>4. Below the section heading [TimeServ], add the following line:<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;USNOServer=192.5.41.41<br>&nbsp;<br>5. Save the file and close the text editor.<br>&nbsp;<br>6. From a command prompt, type &quot;timeserv -update&quot; (without the quotation marks).<br>&nbsp;<br>7. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double- click the Services icon.<br>&nbsp;<br>8. Click Time Service, and then click Restart.<br><br><br>You can also get the updated Timeserv.exe file from the following Microsoft FTP sites:<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;- Intel:<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt40/i386" TARGET="_new">ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt40/i386</A><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;- Alpha:<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt40/alpha" TARGET="_new">ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt40/alpha</A><br><br><br><br>Note : For more detail on TIMESERV.EXE refer teck-net CD.<br><br>Try the above and give me a feedback.<br><br>Rgds<br>Sunil Varma<br>Email: <A HREF="mailto:R.SUNIL@HLCL.COM">R.SUNIL@HLCL.COM</A><br><br>