[wellylug] NTP

Jp Wise jpwise at theflat.net.nz
Sun Jan 1 15:25:45 NZDT 2006


It's a little easier than that actually.

Use from commandline:
net time /querysntp     - print out current ntp server address
net time /setsntp         - set ntp server address

then in the services listing set 'Windows Time' to automatic. :  )

It's a bit quicker than doing things manually.  ;p

Jp.

Andrew McClure wrote:

> Happy New year all
>
> I'm feeling a little smug this morning as I just got NTP working on 
> both Linux and W2K using the same ubuntu time server.
>
> Very simple really:
>
> For Linux, just download and install the package ntp-simple (easy for 
> Ubuntu users)
>
> For W2K, you need to edit:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
> and add the key  NtpServer with a  value of: ntp.ubuntulinux.org
>
> To update, I added a scheduled tasks that runs "w32tm - once"  every day.
>
>
>
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