Time Synchronization

[Guest pjm]

I am running Windows Server 2003 on my server and Windows XP on 7 desktops

that are networked. The time on the desktops synchronize with the server

since they are members of the domain. I have a non-Microsoft program that

occasionally requires me to change the date on the desktops. Is there anyway

I can change the date on a domain desktop and not have it automatically

synch with the server?

[Guest John Wunderlich]

Re: Time Synchronization

 

=?Utf-8?B?cGpt?= <pjm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

news:E82A7587-AB31-485A-9B29-4253B7E87561@microsoft.com:

> I am running Windows Server 2003 on my server and Windows XP on 7

> desktops that are networked. The time on the desktops synchronize

> with the server since they are members of the domain. I have a

> non-Microsoft program that occasionally requires me to change the

> date on the desktops. Is there anyway I can change the date on a

> domain desktop and not have it automatically synch with the

> server?

>

 

Simply stop the Windows Time Service.

 

Bring up a command prompt and enter the command:

net stop "windows time"

 

Or Right-click "My Computer" -> Manage -> Services -> Windows Time

and stop it.

 

It will restart at next reboot or you can start it manually:

net start "windows time".

 

Note that if your time is too far off from the domain time, domain

authentication might suffer.

 

HTH,

John