This server's clock is not synchronized with the primary domain controller's clock

Question

_{Wednesday, September 2, 2009 11:06 AM}

hi
      i am a beginner to the window administration. i am windows running server 2008 as domain controller. i added 7 xp machine to the domain controller. After adding the clients to the domain, the system time of the client domain not synch with the domain controller. i gave all the clients admin previledge and i enable the public file sharing. now no user can access the shared file from each other. when they try to access from the run by typing the //system name the following error is showed. \systemname is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. This server's clock is not synchronized with the primary domain controller's clock. Please guide me to solve the issue.

All replies (9)

_{Tuesday, September 8, 2009 8:33 AM ✅Answered | 3 votes}

Hi,

Please run the command w32tm /resync on the client computers and check if the system time can be synchronized.

More information:

How to synchronize the time with the Windows Time service in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307897

How to configure an authoritative time server in Windows Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042

Hope it helps.

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_{Monday, November 19, 2012 11:35 PM}

Hi, 

Joson Zhou is right, But i have also found all other time sync. related troubleshooting at

http://networkingstudy.net/forums/index.php/topic,894

Thanks 

_{Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:34 AM}

After running the w32tm /resync its showing access denied on the client (Win7) system. 

_{Monday, May 13, 2013 8:35 AM | 1 vote}

Use the command in elevated mode 

_{Monday, October 21, 2013 1:43 AM | 2 votes}

Dear all,

What worked for me is the command;

net time \DC /set

where DC is the name of the domain controller (including full domain name).

Success.

Leendert

_{Sunday, December 22, 2013 8:43 PM}

I had all sorts of problems. Could not get exchange server to send and receive, veeam back up was not working, Outlook would not connect to exchange, could not RDP to any machine on the network. I applied KB 816042 on the DC and all problems are gone.

_{Friday, July 18, 2014 4:46 PM}

You da man!

_{Thursday, June 11, 2015 1:15 PM}

THANKS!!!!! YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER! Entered the command and poof! Worked like a charm!

_{Thursday, June 11, 2020 7:48 AM}

Works for me. Thanks!