windows time on domain machine including domain controllers "The following error occurred: Access is denied. (0x80070005)"

Question

when i am trying to change or update windows time on all my domain machine including domain controllers i got this error

"The following error occurred: Access is denied. (0x80070005)"

i am in enterprise admins group and local admin group, OS on domain controller windows server 2016,

i tried all commands with PowerShell and CMD, i added a new domain controller and move roles to is but same issue,

i am trying to apply GPO to sync time with (firewall - PDC - core switch) but time is not correct,

Answer 1

Hi AHmed,

The error code is basically Access Denied issue, It seems there was changes to the permissions on the Domain via a GPO or some tool? Please investigate any changes that might have impacted. However you can try below code to see if it resolves the issue-: Test this one of the Domain Controller or a PC.

net stop w32time

w32tm /unregister //deletes regkeys

w32tm /register //fresh setup of regkeys

sc config w32time type= own //otherwise error because of incompatible SID

sc config w32time type= share //for windows server 2012 R 2 only, otherwise access denied error, e.g. for /query /status

net start w32time

Or this

go to Services and open Windows Time service. Click on Log On tab and check the service starts under Local System account. Choose it if not and restart Windows Time service.

Hope this helps.

JS

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