Monday, March 1, 2021

Troubleshooting time sync issues on a AD domain computer

Most time there should be warning events in the System event log, with a source called Time-Service. 


To verify network connection and ntp settings you can use w32tm.

show source server:

w32tm /query /source


verify network connectivity to an NTP server:

w32tm /stripchart /computer:ntp01.mydomain.zz


show configuration:

w32tm /query /configuration

(NT5DS using domain hierarchy)











force client to use domain hierarchy:

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update