Setting up Windows 2003 as an NTP Client
I have had to search for the commands to setup a Windows 2003 box as an ntp client a few times now, so have decided to finally write them down here for my own good measure. Funny thing is, I’m pretty sure there are three ways to setup a 2003 box as an ntp client.
Open up the cmd prompt and type in:
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org" /syncfromflags:MANUAL /reliable:YES /update net time setsntp: "0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org" Type in gpedit.msc and your local GPO editor will pop up. Go to the folder as indicated in the below screenshot and Enable the “Enable Windows NTP Client” option. Next …
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