Microsoft KB Archive/307937

= Configuring the Time Service to Log When the Time Is Changed =

Article ID: 307937

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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This article was previously published under Q307937



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SUMMARY
This article describes how to force the W32time service to log an event in the event log when the time has been adjusted.



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To enable logging for W32time, use Registry Editor to add the following registry values:

Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters

Value name: Log

Data type: REG_DWORD

Value: 0x00000064 (Hex)

Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters

Value name: WriteLog

Data type: REG_SZ

Value: True

After you make these changes, you must stop and restart the W32time service.

When the time is adjusted, event ID 61 is logged in the System log. The text for this event is similar to:

The Time service synced time from time source

This is followed by event ID 0:

Time set (offset < .5) second

If an error with synchronization occurs, event ID 11 is logged:

The NTP server didn't respond

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