On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 13:29 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
Scott Silva wrote:
on 2/1/2008 12:03 PM Dennis McLeod spake the following:
XP command line:
net time \servername returns what?
Perhaps the response will give a clue.
To set it:
net time \servername /set /yes
Net time is only used to set time from a domain controller, not an ntp server. They use two completely different protocols.
however,
NET TIME /SETSNTP:ip-of-ntp-serverWILL set the windows 'internet time' server IP.
NET TIME /QUERYSNTPwill show the current 'internet time' server(s).
note that the default Windows NTP client is really braindead, it just 'sets' the system clock once a day, its not a proper NTP implementation. for most users, this is fine, but realize oddities can happen like the clock being set back a few seconds such that a given time happens twice.
Very true.
You can modify the time interval by editing your registry.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time \TimeProviders\NtpClient]
"SpecialPollInterval"=dword:00001c20
This will set it to update every two hours. The dword can be modified to set it for 1 hour to whatever.
-jason