W32Time Question

[NetAdmin2004]

Okay, here is the scenario.... I have 200 machines to manage, and for some reason some of the machines are becoming out of synch with the PDC. I need to set some of my crucial production computers to sych at least every 5 minutes in order to make sure we have accurate times for our reporting.

Question 1: How can I make them synch with the PDC every 5 minutes? I know how to add this in the registry in the param settings, but is there an easier way?

Question 2: How would I setup an AD policy for the computers to have the registry changes put in when they are joined into the domain?

Thanks for any help you may be able to provide!

 

[ReddLefty]

If you are using Active Directory and your time server is properly set up, then all NT, 2000 abd XP machines will automatically sync every X minutes (I think it's 15 by default).

You can also check out this MS KB on How to Configure an Authorative Time Server in Windows 2000: Q216734



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[NetAdmin2004]

Okay, that is what I thought, but for some reason some of them are not. Hmmmm wonder what is going on. Is there a way to make it less than 15 minutes? Where would I change this if so?

Thanks for your help.