[WEB4LIB] Turn off W32Time?

[Jacque King]

Laurie,
I am trying this:  get into services, stop the Windows Time service and
then choose "disable" as the startup type.  I'll let you know how it
works.

Jacque King
Library Technical Support Specialist
Fort Collins Public Library
201 Peterson Street
Fort Collins, CO  80524
(970) 221-6716
king at julip.fcgov.com


On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Laurie Louis wrote:

> Does anyone know a way to turn off the windows time synchronization
> service called W32Time on Windows 2000 workstations? Some of our Windows
> 2000 workstations keep looking for this service on our NT domain
> controller, then when they can't find the service, it drops the network
> connection to the server. Then the workstation is unable to access the
> internal network, most importantly, networked printers.We do not want to
> activate W32Time on our NT server. Based on information in the event
> viewer on individual workstations, I know how to clear/reset the W32Time
> errors on the PC, but for some machines, it's a chronic issue, so I
> would like to turn off or disable this service. Any input would be
> appreciated. Thanks.
> --
> Laurie Louis, A+, Network+
> Computer Support Specialist
>
> Albany Public Library
> 161 Washington Avenue
> Albany, N.Y. 12210
>
> 518.427.4341
> 518.449.3386 (fax)
> louisl at uhls.lib.ny.us
> http://www.albanypubliclibrary.org/
>
>
>
>