JSI Tip 2273. Windows 2000 registry entries for the W32Time service.

To insure that date and time are synchronized thoughout your organization, the W32Time service has been integrated into Window 2000.

The W32Time service entries are located at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesW32TimeParameters

Legend: VN/DT = Value Name : Data Type        Desc. = Description        Value = ValuesVN/DT   AvoidTimeSyncOnWan : REG_DWORDDesc.   Synchronize with a computer that is at a different site.Value   0 = Site is ignored [default]        1 = Do NOT synchronize with a time source that is at a different siteVN/DT   GetDcBackoffMaxTimes : REG_DWORDDesc.   The maximum number of times to double the backoff interval        when successive attempts to find a domain controller fails.        An event is logged every time a full wait occurs.Value   0 = The wait between attempts is minimum and no event is logged        7 = [default]VN/DT   GetDcBackoffMinutes : REG_DWORDDesc.   The starting number of minutes to wait before looking for a domain controller,        if the last attempt failed.Value   15 = [default]VN/DT   LocalNTP : REG_DWORDDesc.   Start the SNTP server.Value   0 = Don't start the SNTP server, unless this computer is a domain controller[default]        1 = Always start the SNTP serverVN/DT   NtpServer : REG_SZDesc.   Stores the value from NET TIME /SETSNTPValue   Blank by default. Sample data value:  192.4.41.40VN/DT   Period : REG_DWORD Desc.   Control how often the time service synchronizes.Value   0 = once a day        65535, every 2 days        65534, every 3 days        65533, every week (7 days)        65532, every 45 minutes until 3 good synchronizations occur,                   then once every 8 hours (3 per day) [default]        65531, every 45 minutes until 1 good synchronization occurs, then once every day        Number of times per day                  NOTE: Period can be a type REG_SZ with special values:        BiDaily, every 2 days        Tridaily, every 3 days        Weekly, every week (7 days)        SpecialSkew, every 45 minutes until 3 good synchronizations occur,                     then once every 8 hours (3 per day) [default]        DailySpecialSkew, every 45 minutes until 1 good synchronization occurs, then once every day VN/DT   ReliableTimeSource : REG_DWORDDesc.   Does this computer have a reliable time.Value   0 = No [default]        1 = This computer has reliable time (this is only useful on a domain controller)VN/DT   Type : REG_SZDesc.   How does this computer synchronizes.Value   Nt5DS = synchronize to domain hierarchy or manually configured source [default]        NTP = synchronize to manually configured source        NoSync = do NOT synchronize timeVN/DT   Adj : REG_DWORDDesc.   Maintains computer clock information between reboots. Do NOT change.VN/DT   msSkewPerDay : REG_DWORDDesc.   Maintains computer clock information between reboots. Do NOT change.

You must shutdown and restart for any changes to take effect.