#Requires -Version 5.1 <# JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script Fault : Time is wrong across the domain -- w32time events 129, 36, 47 Fix : Point the PDC emulator at a real external source Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/srv-time-w32time Run as : Elevated PowerShell on the PDC emulator Expect : 25 minutes Risk : medium Reversible : yes WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX The whole domain's time comes from this one machine, so this is where to start. HOW TO UNDO IT w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update returns it to domain hierarchy, then restart w32time. This script walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each one. Steps with no command are things you do yourself -- it prints those and waits. Run with -DryRun to print without executing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #> [CmdletBinding()] param( # Print every step and command without running anything. [switch]$DryRun, # Do not ask before each step. Read the script first if you use this. [switch]$Unattended ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $script:Failed = 0 function Write-Rule { param([string]$Text) Write-Host '' Write-Host ('-' * 70) -ForegroundColor DarkGray if ($Text) { Write-Host $Text -ForegroundColor Cyan } } function Show-Prose { param([string]$Text, [string]$Colour = "Gray") if (-not $Text) { return } $words = $Text -split "\s+"; $line = " " foreach ($w in $words) { if (($line.Length + $w.Length) -gt 74) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour; $line = " " } $line += "$w " } if ($line.Trim()) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour } } function Invoke-Step { param( [int]$Number, [string]$Do, [string]$Why, [scriptblock]$Command, [switch]$Manual, [string]$Shell = "powershell" ) Write-Rule " Step $Number of 6" Show-Prose $Do "White" if ($Why) { Write-Host ""; Show-Prose $Why "DarkGray" } if ($Manual) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { [void](Read-Host) } return } Write-Host '' foreach ($l in ($Command.ToString().Trim() -split "`n")) { Write-Host (" " + $l.Trim()) -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' if ($DryRun) { Write-Host " (dry run -- not executed)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } if (-not $Unattended) { $a = Read-Host " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit" if ($a -match "^[Qq]") { Write-Host " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 } if ($a -match "^[Ss]") { Write-Host " Skipped." -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } } try { & $Command } catch { $script:Failed++ Write-Host (" Step $Number failed: " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red Show-Prose "The rest of the fix may depend on this. Read the write-up before carrying on." "Red" if (-not $Unattended) { $c = Read-Host " Carry on anyway? [y/N]" if ($c -notmatch "^[Yy]") { exit 1 } } } } Write-Rule Write-Host ' Time is wrong across the domain -- w32time events 129, 36, 47' -ForegroundColor White Write-Host ' Point the PDC emulator at a real external source' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: medium Reversible 25 minutes' Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' 'DarkYellow' Write-Rule if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { $go = Read-Host ' Ready? [y/N]' if ($go -notmatch "^[Yy]") { Write-Host " Nothing was changed."; exit 0 } } Invoke-Step -Number 1 -Do 'Confirm which DC actually holds the role.' -Command { Get-ADDomain | Select-Object PDCEmulator } Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'Look at the current configuration and source.' -Command { w32tm /query /status /verbose w32tm /query /configuration } Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'Configure it to take time from external NTP servers.' -Why '0x8 means send as a client in normal mode. /reliable:yes marks this machine as the authority the rest of the domain trusts.' -Command { cmd.exe /c 'w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"time.windows.com,0x8 uk.pool.ntp.org,0x8" /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update' } Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'Restart the service and force a resync.' -Command { cmd.exe /c 'Restart-Service w32time & w32tm /resync /rediscover' } Invoke-Step -Number 5 -Do 'If the DC is a Hyper-V guest, disable the host time synchronisation integration service -- two authorities fight and neither wins.' -Why 'Run this on the Hyper-V host. A virtualised PDC taking time from both its host and NTP oscillates, and the resulting skew is intermittent and maddening to trace.' -Command { Disable-VMIntegrationService -VMName DC01 -Name 'Time Synchronization' } Invoke-Step -Number 6 -Do 'Check the outbound path -- UDP 123 has to be open to the internet or to an internal appliance.' -Command { Test-NetConnection -ComputerName uk.pool.ntp.org -Port 123 -InformationLevel Detailed } Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'The source is the external server and the offset is small.' 'White' Write-Host '' if (-not $DryRun) { cmd.exe /c 'w32tm /query /source & w32tm /query /status | findstr /i "offset source stratum"' } Write-Rule if ($script:Failed -gt 0) { Write-Host (" Finished with " + $script:Failed + " failed step(s).") -ForegroundColor Yellow Show-Prose 'Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/srv-time-w32time' 'Yellow' } else { Write-Host ' Finished.' -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'To undo: w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update returns it to domain hierarchy, then restart w32time.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule