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synchronize time directly from a ntp server


Doc Symbiosis

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I'm wondering, if it is possible with a PC running Windows XP to synchronize time from the internet, without having a personal server, which does this?

I've searched a long time and came to the conclusion, that only server versions of windows can do this. Is this really so?

Any help would be appreciated.

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I've searched a long time and came to the conclusion, that only server versions of windows can do this. Is this really so?

No, it doesn't have to be windows. NTP is a RFC-standard so can be implemended in any platform.

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When I use net time /setsntp:x.x.x.x and then run net timme /set, I always get the errror massage "Could not locate a time-server". I tried with different ntp-servers.

I don't want to use tclock, because I can't run from commandline and I only want to synchronize the time once, because later the most PCs are moved to domain.

Just have to do this once to connect to a networkshare through commandline to automatically install software and the connecting only is possible, when the time has less than five minutes difference to the server.

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Can you not just use

net time \\computername /set /yes

where computername is the name of the computer carrying the installation software. All times will then match the machine with which they are communicating.

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