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Can you give me a little more detail on where to find these configs?:<br />
1) what host my DC is configured to sync with ( where is this setting?)<br />
2) DC is marked as authoritative (where is this?)<br />
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Not sure about manifestation as auth problems--does slowness count? We use 3 clients as login machines and the times are always different among the 3 and also compared to the DC. Like 2-5 minutes variation. <br />
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There is no other policy allowing sync elsewhere. It is a new server and I &quot;configured&quot; it and the clients. Some clients have to be rebooted to get the correct time, but lose it later.
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Can you give me a little more detail on where to find these configs?:
1) what host my DC is configured to sync with ( where is this setting?)
2) DC is marked as authoritative (where is this?)

Not sure about manifestation as auth problems--does slowness count? We use 3 clients as login machines and the times are always different among the 3 and also compared to the DC. Like 2-5 minutes variation.

There is no other policy allowing sync elsewhere. It is a new server and I "configured" it and the clients. Some clients have to be rebooted to get the correct time, but lose it later.

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I needed to sync to an external time source. <br />
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This page is more user-friendly:<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784553.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784553.aspx</a><br />
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The server now has the right time and I will wait a day to see if the clients do.
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I needed to sync to an external time source.

This page is more user-friendly:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784553.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784553.aspx]

The server now has the right time and I will wait a day to see if the clients do.

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The solution steered me in the right direction, but was not &quot;dumbed down&quot; enough for me.
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The solution steered me in the right direction, but was not "dumbed down" enough for me.

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My server (PDC and only DC in forrest) runs 2 minutes fast. It also does not synchronize the clients. They are at various times (XP &amp;&nbsp;Win 7).<br />
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What settings control this on the server and clients?
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My server (PDC and only DC in forrest) runs 2 minutes fast. It also does not synchronize the clients. They are at various times (XP & Win 7).

What settings control this on the server and clients?

Time problems with Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation and clients

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.