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Time Synchronization issue in Windows Server 2003 systems running as VMware Guests


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Result

On a Windows Server 2003 computer that is a VMware Guest system, you may find that the system time is incorrect.

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Cause

Windows Time Service (w32time) may not work normally in a VMware Guest system. This occurs due to the design of VMware virtual machine.

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Resolution

To work around this issue, please contact VMWare for further assistance. You may refer to the article in the More Information section of this article.

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More information



For more information, please refer to the following VMware document. The article ID is 1318.

VMware Time Sync and Windows Time Service
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?language=en_US&externalId=1318

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Article Info
Article ID : 953797
Revision : 1
Created on : 5/30/2008
Published on : 5/30/2008
Exists online : False
Views : 284