[geeks] NTP on Windows

[Sridhar Ayengar]

gsm at mendelson.com wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 06:42:46AM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me if there's a decent NTP implementation for Windows
>> (XP and newer) that integrates well with the Windows GUI? I'm not
>> looking to run the Cygwin ntpd, since that doesn't integrate well with
>> the Windows GUI, nor am I looking for something like Tardis or
>> W32Time, because they implement only SNTP, not the full NTP. I'm
>> looking for clock-slewing, not clock-stepping.
>
> I'm not sure it has a gui, after all ntp does not really need one.
> The instalation program does, and you can set it up with a few clicks and
> the name of your preferred NTP server.
>
> <http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm>
>
> It will if you select the correct options, create a separate user for NTP,
> install itself as a service and turn off the various built in (but not
> very useful) NTP and time setting functions.

Well, the main thing I need the GUI for is configuration.  This is going 
to be deployed on 300+ machines by facilities maintenance people.  (Read 
grease-monkeys.)  Editing text files, or even copying text files into 
specific directories isn't really an option.  Click here, type this, on 
a sheet of paper, is what I'm looking for.

Peace...  Sridhar