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Modifying NTP Synchronization Servers on Windows

Introduction

I have a Windows Server 2008 DC and I wanted to use my internal time server on a Linux box running ntpd.

After a little hunting around, I found the command required to set Windows up to use the correct time peer.

Configuration

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w32tm /config /update /manualpeerlist:"0.pool.ntp.org,0x8 1.pool.ntp.org,0x8" /syncfromflags:MANUAL

After making this change, you need to restart the Windows Time Service by issuing the following 2 commands:

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net stop w32time
net start w32time

If you have problems, first make sure the Windows Time Service is enabled.

Note: This works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

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