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More info?)
I am using Windows XP so asking in the 2000 group is the wrong thing to do.
I do need to get this level of information in Windows XP. Any suggestions?
Let's try it like this:
C:>w32tm -once -test -v
W32Time: BEGIN:InitAdjIncr
W32Time: Adj 100148 , Incr 100144 fAdjust 0
W32Time: 100148 Adj!=Incr 100144
W32Time: END:Line 2503
W32Time: BEGIN:TsUpTheThread
W32Time: END Line 1407
W32Time: TimeMMInit()
W32Time: Kernel timer : using default maximum resolution
W32Time: MaximumTime = 100144
W32Time: CurrentTime = 10032
W32Time: Timer calibrated, looped 1 times
W32Time: BEGIN:InitTmCfg
W32Time: END:Line 807
W32Time: BEGIN:InitTmCli
W32Time: END:Line 2596
W32Time: BEGIN:InitTmData
W32Time: END:Line 2618
W32Time: AvoidTimeSyncOnWan 0
W32Time: BEGIN:CMOSSynchSet
W32Time: Setting adjustment 100148 - Bool 0
W32Time: BEGIN:SetTSTimeRes
W32Time: END:Line 1295
W32Time: END:Line 864
W32Time: BEGIN:InitializeDC
W32Time: BEGIN:GetRole
W32Time: Role is 'workstation'
W32Time: END Line 672
W32Time: END:Line 704
W32Time: Server: Binding to 2 NICs.
W32Time: Advertising that I'm a Time Service Provider
W32Time: timeBeginPeriod: setting resolution 9
W32Time: BEGIN:TimeSync
W32Time: BEGIN:FGetType
W32Time: END Line 254
W32Time: BEGIN:FDoTimeNTPType
W32Time: BEGIN:FDoNT5DSType
W32Time: BEGIN:FBuildDCList
W32Time: BEGIN:GetNT5DCAddress
W32Time: Member of an Win2K domain. Looking for DCs.
W32Time: Accepting previously discoverd DC
W32Time: BEGIN:GetRole
W32Time: Role is 'workstation'
W32Time: END Line 672
W32Time: Calling DsGetDcNameA() for a WS
W32Time: Using in domain DC as NO parent Domain DC
W32Time: DC address is 192.168.2.65
W32Time: DC friendly name is \\machine.domain.com
W32Time: END Line 519
W32Time: The RID...457
W32Time: END Line 639
W32Time: New DomainController time source is located:
W32Time: END Line 971
W32Time: BEGIN:ChooseNTPServer
W32Time: END Line 2178
W32Time: BEGIN:GetSocketForSynch
W32Time: NTP: ntpptrs[0] - 192.168.2.65
W32Time: Port Pinging to - 123
W32Time: Connecting to "\\machine.domain.com" (192.168.2.65)
W32Time: END:Line 1170
W32Time: BEGIN:GetDefaultRid
W32Time: END Line 2354
W32Time: BEGIN:ComputeDelay
W32Time: BEGIN:NTPTry -- init
W32Time: END Line 1683
W32Time: BEGIN:NTPTry -- try
W32Time: BEGIN:ComputeInterval
W32Time: END Line 2479
W32Time: Sending to server 68 bytes...
W32Time: BEGIN:TsUpTheThread
W32Time: END Line 1407
W32Time: NTP(S): waiting for datagram...
W32Time: BEGIN:TsUpTheThread
W32Time: END Line 1407
W32Time: NTP(S): waiting for datagram...
W32Time: Recv'ed from server 68 Bytes...
W32Time: BEGIN:ComputeClientDigest
W32Time: END Line 2316
W32Time: ComputeClientDigest() returned 0
W32Time: END Line 1907
W32Time: BEGIN:NTPTry -- delay
W32Time: END Line 2012
W32Time: Round trip was 10ms
W32Time: BEGIN:NTPTry -- gettime
W32Time: BEGIN:Fgmtimetonttime
W32Time: END Line 2563
W32Time: END Line 1998
W32Time: one-way delay is 5ms
W32Time: END Line 1645
W32Time: END Line 368
W32Time: BEGIN:TimeDiff
W32Time: ClockError -22
W32Time: END Line 2542
W32Time: BEGIN:FCheckTimeSanity
W32Time: Adjusting time by 22 ms. No eventlog messages since time
difference is 0 <1 minute
W32Time: END Line 570
W32Time: BEGIN:SetTimeNow
W32Time: Would have Skewed for backwards, badj, btime = 50074 44
W32Time: END Line 1280
W32Time: Time was 28min 15.023s
W32Time: Time is 28min 15.001s
W32Time: Error 22ms
W32Time: BEGIN:CheckLeapFlag
W32Time: END:Line 606
W32Time: BEGIN:ComputePostTimeData
W32Time: BEGIN:ComputeInterval
W32Time: END Line 2479
W32Time: BEGIN:ComputeSleepStuff
W32Time: Computed stagger is 0ms, bias is 0ms
W32Time: Time until next sync - 2699.960s
W32Time: END:Line 816
W32Time: END:Line 221
W32Time: END:Line 196
W32Time: BEGIN:TermTime
W32Time: NTP(S): received shutdown notification.
W32Time: NTP(S): received shutdown notification.
W32Time: TimeMMCleanup()
W32Time: BEGIN:FinishCleanup
W32Time: BEGIN:TsUpTheThread
W32Time: END Line 1407
W32Time: Inform NetLogon That you are not a TS Provider
W32Time: BEGIN:UnInitializeDC
W32Time: Ptrs 0 - 0
W32Time: END:Line 727
W32Time: Time service stopped.
W32Time: END:Line 407
This is the level of information I "need" in Windows XP.
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George Hester
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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Ask in a 2000 group 2000 questions. I NEVER NEEDED TO RUN THIS COMMAND EVER.
Nor do you. It is done automatically.
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"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The commands I provided which work in Windows 2000:
>
> w32tm -once -test -v
>
> gives a lot of useful information. Anything of this type which I can use
> in
> Windows XP to get the same level of information?
>
>
> --
> George Hester
> _______________________________
> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
> news:O7Pw0rqgFHA.1612@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> So what is your problem? You a/ shouldn't be doing this, and b/ it's
> working.
>
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> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ez2P4cqgFHA.1868@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I do have a W32Time event in that log. It occurred yesterday when I was
>> doing this. It does say synching with my Domain Controller. But when I
>> followed your suggestion no entry appeared at all in the Event Viewer and
> it
>> continues to return "Sending resync command to local computer...The
> command
>> completed successfully/"
>>
>> The commands I gave you which work in Windows 2000:
>>
>> w32tm -once -test -v
>>
>> gives a lot of useful information. Anything of this type which I can use
> in
>> Windows XP to get the same level of information?
>>
>> --
>> George Hester
>> _______________________________
>> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
>> news:ONt$nEjgFHA.1148@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%239TofTfgFHA.2644@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> > No it didn't. What was returned was Sending resync command to local
>>> > computer... Could you please explain the steps necessary to use the
>>> > Windows
>>> > 2000 Domain Controller for Windows XP's Time Server? I tried to
follow
>>> > the
>>> > steps in this article:
>>> >
>>> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314054/
>>> >
>>> > under the section "Configuring the Windows Times Service to use an
>>> > External
>>> > Source." I then found this article:
>>> >
>>> >
http://www.wilsonmar.com/1clocks.htm
>>> >
>>> > and would have liked to use this command:
>>> >
>>> > w32tm -once -test -v
>>> >
>>> > to convince myself all is well. But this doesn't work in Windows XP.
>> So
>>> > is
>>> > there an equivalent set of paramters in Windows XP?
>>> >
>>>
>>> After running w32tm /resync check the system log with event viewer.
There
>>> will be an entry telling you which server the local computer synched
> with.
>>> Here are a some links explaining how it all works.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-
>> us/time_w32tm.mspx
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307897/EN-US/
>>>
>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314090
>>>
>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314054
>>>
>>> Kerry
>>>
>>> > --
>>> > George Hester
>>> > _______________________________
>>> > "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
>>> > news:eHkB6EfgFHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> >> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> >> news:u$ldfnegFHA.3256@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> >> >I tried to use this article:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;216734
>>> >> >
>>> >> > to synchronize the Windows XP client with the time on the Windows
>> 2000
>>> >> > Domain Controller. But when I typed in w32tm -s I received back the
>>> >> > following error:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > The command -s is unknown.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > So I did w32tm /? and find there is a parameter called /soft but it
>>> >> > says
>>> >> > it
>>> >> > is "Not useful."
>>> >> >
>>> >> > What would be useful to synchronize the Windows XP client's time
> with
>>> > the
>>> >> > Windows 2000 domain controller? Thanks.
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> w32tm /resync should resync to the domain time server
>>> >>
>>> >> Kerry
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> > --
>>> >> > George Hester
>>> >> > _______________________________
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
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