Configure SBS 2003 server to use the pool.ntp.org time servers

I started receiving the following error in my event logs on SBS 2003 due to the fact my SBS server could no long contact time.windows.com.


W32Time
Event 47
Time Provider NtpClient: No valid response has been received from manually configured peer time.windows.com,0x1 after 8 attempts to contact it. This peer will be discarded as a time source and NtpClient will attempt to discover a new peer with this DNS name.


To correct itchange your time servers to use something decent such as the pool.ntp.org servers for your location. I'm in the UK so I used this command on the cmd line:

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"0.uk.pool.ntp.org,0x1 1.uk.pool.ntp.org,0x1 2.uk.pool.ntp.org,0x1 3.uk.pool.ntp.org,0x1"

Problem solved!