Changing the Time

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I just received a Dell D600 laptop.. i joined it to the
domain and when i logg on as myself i'm able to change the
time, but after about 10 or 15 min it goes back to the
default time. When i go to the BIOS, i change the time
there, but it doesn't ask me to save the settings. Even
though I'm able to change the time in the BIOS i still
have to change the time on Windows when i log on, but
after 10 or 15 minutes it goes back to the default
settings. When i logg on as the local Administrator, the
OS tells me that i don't have priviledges to change the
time. The only time that I am able to change the time
without it changing it 10 or 15minutes later is when I
take the laptop off the network. Does anyone know how i
can fix this problem?

 

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No, and you'd better not to What you are observing is expected
behaviour - time in a Win2K domain is automatically synchronized for all
domain members. This is a requirement of the Kerberos authentication
protocol and is implemented for security reasons. All member computers
sync against a DC in their domain and all DCs sync against the PDC
Emulator in the forest root domain. You cannot change your clock,
however, you can change your time zone. Check out:

Basic Operation of the Windows Time Service
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=224799

Keeping Time with Win2K
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/dnw2kmag01/html/TimeWin2K.asp

HTH
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Cheers,
Marin Marinov
MCT, MCSE 2003/2000/NT4.0,
MCSE:Security 2003/2000, MCP+I
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