In a Windows 2003 domain, I have 7 members servers that are Windows Server 2008 R2. I need to make it so that they sync time with the PDC emulator at least every 15 minutes or less if possible. Is this possible?
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You can do this one of two ways:
Registry & 0x1 flag
As detailed here, if you set the 0x1 flag using w32tm, you can change SpecialPollInterval located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient to however many seconds you want. For 15 minutes, it would be 900 seconds.
Scheduled Task
Alternatively, you can create a scheduled task that runs w32tm /resync every 15 minutes on the target computers. I strongly recommend this over the other option. It's much less complex and can easily be applied via GPO using the Scheduled Tasks Group Policy Preferences item.
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