Thursday 2 May 2013

Windows Server W32 Time service time set up

Hi Guys,

If anyone ever experienced the issue of your client computers not synchronizing time or received the following error upon logon:

System cannot log you in due to the following error:

There is a time difference between the Client and Server.


I have found a solution to this problem by adjusting the server's time sources.

Please follow the following steps to set your server up correctly for time synchronization:

Open up a elevated command prompt and enter the following:

1. net stop w32time - This is to stop the time service.

2. w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:"0.pool.ntp.org, 1.pool.ntp.org, 2.pool.ntp.org" - This is to configure the external time source.

3. w32tm /config /reliable:yes - This is to configure the server as a reliable time source.

4. net start w32time - This starts the time server again.

After the service has started again, your time should sync perfectly.

I hope this has been informative and would like to thank you for reading.

Best Regards,

Sakkie Jamneck

"If you can't explain it simply, you do not understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein