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The original was posted on /r/sysadmin by /u/HiImEins on 2024-01-23 17:27:14+00:00.
I am facing a quite tricky problem, maybe you can help me out.
I was handed a domain in which:
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Computers are not connected to the Internet.
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Some computers are out of sync in time with the DCs (because users set time instead of timezone) and so that GPO can't be applied.
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There were no GPO that defines NTP server, so the computers were set to sync with Microsoft's server. Since there is no Internet, incorrect time on computers won't be corrected. Users cannot correct time themselves because they need to be admin on their machine, which is not the case.
So it's like a loop here: In order to have correct time, I need to apply a GPO, and in order to have that GPO applied, I need to have the correct time. Some computers with incorrect time are on a distant site from mine, so I want to get out of this loop remotely.
Do you have any idea how I can fix this? Thanks in advance.