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TIP of the day: Possible cause of crashes

TIP of the day: Possible cause of crashes

TIP of the day: Possible cause of crashes

(OP)
You have a user who complains about random crashes alot and there is no explanation as to a cause. Try checking the system time on the network server and the user's computer. If there is a big difference (more than 40seconds) you may have found your problem.

Checking time difference between two XP systems or an XP system and Linux with an NTP server running:

CODE

w32tm /stripchart /computer:target /samples:n/dataonly

For target substitute the IP address of the computer on the network you want to check differences with.

For n put in 3 or 5.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/35731215-0ec8-454d-89ba-0f29f2469e361033.mspx

www.engtran.com
www.niswug.org

RE: TIP of the day: Possible cause of crashes

to add to this:

on your workstation double click the clock, click on the 'time ' tab, check the box to enable time server sync, enter the IP of your server and kick the admin if he did not enable an NTP server on your workgroup/domain server.

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student

RE: TIP of the day: Possible cause of crashes

(OP)
One more thing. If you are running W2k or NT you can set the time as follows from a command prompt. First issue at by itself to make sure a time sync is not already running.

CODE

at 8:00 /every:(M,T,W,Th,F,S,Su) "net time \\timeserver /set /yes"
at
where timeserver is the IP or fully qualified domain name of the time server. This will set the time every day at 8:00 am. The second at makes sure the at command uses the updated time.

More documentation is available at:
MicroSoft

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