- Find out what your primary domain controller (PDC) is for your domain by executing the following powershell commands from any machine in the domain
- Login to your primary domain controller
- Open up a command prompt/powershell window with administrative privileges
- Execute the following command to configure the domain controller to look at an external time source
- w32tm.exe /config /manualpeerlist:”0.us.pool.ntp.org 1.us.pool.ntp.org 2.us.pool.ntp.org 3.us.pool.ntp.org” /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:YES /update
- Notes: You can find the closest time server near you by browsing the following page and clicking on the nearest zone:Â http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/@
- w32tm.exe /config /manualpeerlist:”0.us.pool.ntp.org 1.us.pool.ntp.org 2.us.pool.ntp.org 3.us.pool.ntp.org” /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:YES /update
- Execute the following command to actually perform a time synchronization with the external source
- Execute the following command for the changes to take effect