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Fortunately with a bit of persistance I was able to resolve the NTP: error ERROR_TIMEOUT - no response from server in 1000ms problem. My solution - On the secondary DC that was returning the error I; - made sure that W32time service was running - reset HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters\NTPServer to time.windows.com,0x1 - reset HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters\Type to NT5DS - reset HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpServer\Enabled is set to 1 - closed Regedit and in the command prompt ran - net stop w32time && net start w32time - and lastly ran - w32tm /monitor which will confirm the PDCe and DC/s running (hopefully) correctly. C:\>w32tm /monitor cde01.domainname.local *** PDC ***[xx.x.2.1:123]: ICMP: 582ms delay NTP: +0.0000000s offset from cde01.domainname.local RefID: reptile.digitalriver.com.au [121.54.129.52] Stratum: 3 abc01.domainname.local *** PDC ***[xx.x.1.19:123]: ICMP: 0ms delay NTP: -0.0044411s offset from cde01.domainname.local RefID: cde01.domainname.local [xx.x.2.1] Stratum: 4 I hope this is somewhat helpful to others having similar issues... Cheers tropolite

I had to become a member of this forum - just to say a big THANKS to all that participated on this thread... My problem was my PDCe continually bouncing back "The computer did not resync because no time data was available." I spent literally hours scouring the web for solutions, finding great amounts of valuable information but this particular thread, I believe is the most helpful! My problem came down to the solution that annab2, so THANK YOU VERY MUCH - I sincerely appreciate everyone's time spent (no pun intended). I have one question to add if I may... Our secondary DC is returning a NTP: error ERROR_TIMEOUT - no response from server in xxxxms. I have checked the registry settings to ensure that those pesky GPO inherited registry settings are removed, and checked that the DC is set in its default state, so it supposedly will sync automatically with the PDCe. Running a w32tm /monitor command returns C:\>w32tm /monitor cde01.domainname.local *** PDC *** [xx.x.2.1]: ICMP: 589ms delay. NTP: +0.0000000s offset from cde01.domainname.local RefID: reptile.digitalriver.com.au [121.54.129.52] abc01.domainname.local [xx.x.1.4]: ICMP: 0ms delay. NTP: error ERROR_TIMEOUT - no response from server in 1000ms Appreciate any help on this related subject... thanks. Cheers tropolite