Hi Alexander:

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.

"Alexander Suhovey" <asuhovey******.com> wrote in message
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> ocean,
>
> Compare BOTH time and time zone on Vista computer and domain controller or
> working domain member. They must be the same (if DC and client are in the
> same TZ of course).
>
> You can also compare domain and local time by using following commands
> (issued at the command line window):
>
> domain time:
> net time /domain:DOMAINNAME
>
> local time:
> net time \\computername
>
>
> Another way to see if there is ane time difference between two computers
> (in
> our case client and domain controller) is to use following command:
>
> w32tm /stripchart /computer:%logonserver%
>
> You will see an output like following:
>
> C:\>w32tm /stripchart /computer:%logonserver%
> Tracking xxxxx [xx.xx.xx.xx:123].
> The current time is 18.12.2006 23:37:32.
> 23:37:32 d:+00.2333835s o:+00.0926771s
> 23:37:34 d:+00.2324070s o:+00.0839907s
> 23:37:36 d:+00.2265480s o:+00.0876074s
> 23:37:39 d:+00.2324070s o:+00.0886690s
> 23:37:41 d:+00.2285010s o:+00.0868597s
>
> where +00.xxx is time difference between hosts.
>
> If your Vista computer is domain joined, %logonserver% environment
> variable
> shoud resolve to the name of domain controller. Otherwise, substitute it
> with server name you consider as authoritative time server (e.g. your LAN
> server or public time server like time.windows.com)
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Alexander Suhovey
>
> <ocean> wrote in message news:uyPhKQtIHHA.1064@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> restarted and waited for half hour.
>> "Josh Phillips" <josh@nospampleasewindowsconnected.com> wrote in message
>> news:u$pIp2sIHHA.3872@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> The client and domain have to be within 5 min of one another. The
>>> workstation should get set automatically once it joins. How long did
>>> you
>>> allow the workstation to sit before trying again? Have you tried
>>> restarting?
>>>
>>> Josh
>>> [url]http://windowsconnected.com[/url]
>>>
>>>
>>> <ocean> wrote in message news:uVNVOSsIHHA.1008@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hello all:
>>>>
>>>> After I joined the Vista (business) client to Windows 2003 active
>>>> directory domain I am not able to login. I get an error message "There
>>>> is a time and/or date difference between the client and server". Does
>>>> anybody know a workaround for this issue? I am trying to login from
>>>> wired desktop machine.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for you help.
>>>>
>>>> Ciao.
>>>>
>>>
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