Cannot find existing registry key

[Guest amcdiarm@gmail.com]

We a Windows 2003 native domain, and want to set the timeserver to

NIST. However, when we go to Hkey_local_machine\system

\currentcontrolset\services\w32time\parameters to set the TYPE dword

key: We cannot find it (As local admin, or domain admin). If we try

to create the key, we get a message that the key allready exists - but

we do not see it in regedt32 although we have the ownership of the

w32time & subkeys/values

 

 

Has anyone heard of not being able to view existing keys that they

(theoretically) have rights to see?

 

Thanks

[Guest Ryan Hanisco]

RE: Cannot find existing registry key

 

Amcdiarm,

 

If you are just looking to set the SNTP server, you might jsut try doing

this from the command prompt.

 

NET TIME /SetSNTP:<ServerName>

 

Docs at:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/396e2cab-b011-459a-ac5c-326a562d42461033.mspx?mfr=true

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"amcdiarm@gmail.com" wrote:

> We a Windows 2003 native domain, and want to set the timeserver to

> NIST. However, when we go to Hkey_local_machine\system

> \currentcontrolset\services\w32time\parameters to set the TYPE dword

> key: We cannot find it (As local admin, or domain admin). If we try

> to create the key, we get a message that the key allready exists - but

> we do not see it in regedt32 although we have the ownership of the

> w32time & subkeys/values

>

>

> Has anyone heard of not being able to view existing keys that they

> (theoretically) have rights to see?

>

> Thanks

>

>

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Cannot find existing registry key

 

Type should be Reg_Sz string

 

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<amcdiarm@gmail.com> wrote:

> We a Windows 2003 native domain, and want to set the timeserver to

> NIST. However, when we go to Hkey_local_machine\system

> \currentcontrolset\services\w32time\parameters to set the TYPE dword

> key: We cannot find it (As local admin, or domain admin). If we try

> to create the key, we get a message that the key allready exists - but

> we do not see it in regedt32 although we have the ownership of the

> w32time & subkeys/values

>

>

> Has anyone heard of not being able to view existing keys that they

> (theoretically) have rights to see?

>

> Thanks

>