I had weird issue with Active Directory service where there were no Windows Time service at all. w32time.dll and w32tm.exe files were in place. So I just registered w32time.dll by:
w32tm /register
After that Windows Time service appeared under ‘services’. Start service by:
net start w32time
Then to check that time service work on DC run from any client:
w32tm /stripchart /computer:dc_ip /samples:5 /dataonly
To synchronize with DC right away on client run:
w32tm /resync
In case client synchronizes with outside NTP instead of DC edit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ W32Time\ Parameters. If it has ‘NTP’ in ‘Type’ parameter then change it to ‘NT5DS’ and run:
w32tm /config /update
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