How to configure Windows Time Service (W32Time) to point to an external time source?
Issue
Need to set Windows 2003 so that the time will be synchronized with a Kerberos server. The W32Time service is what manages the time synchronization for Active Directory domains. Hosts in a domain look to the PDC emulator for time synchronization. By default, Windows is looking to the CMOS clock to get it's time. To ensure that the clocks on your machines are more accurate in terms of absolute (and not just relative) time, you can sync the PDC Emulator in your forest root domain to one of the reliable time servers available on the Internet.
Environment
- Windows Server 2003
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