AD TIME CHANGER
Configure Windows Time on your Domain Controllers the right way — by role — from one console
- Signed Windows executable — no installer
- Unique license key
- Instant email delivery
- Free updates
- Runs on DC or RSAT workstation
▼ AFTER YOU BUY
Active Directory lives and dies by the clock — Kerberos rejects tickets once skew passes five minutes, breaking logons, replication, and Group Policy. The correct hierarchy is simple but fiddly to set by hand: the PDC Emulator syncs from trusted external sources, and every other DC syncs down the domain hierarchy. AD Time Changer sets each DC correctly by role, fixes drift and stuck time services, and manages time zones — on one DC or across the whole domain.
ROLE-AWARE NTP
Auto-detects the PDC Emulator and configures it for external NTP, while every other DC is set to domain-hierarchy sync. Apply to one DC or push the correct config to all DCs at once over WinRM.
TIME ZONE CONTROL
Set any Windows time zone and, optionally, disable automatic time-zone updates so the setting stops reverting (the classic "it keeps going back to Pacific" problem) — per target DC.
DIAGNOSTICS
Query time status, run a stripchart from any DC to the PDC to prove NTP reachability, and force a resync — each opens a results window you can export or copy.
REPAIR SERVICE
Fixes a DC stuck on "Local CMOS Clock" or "no time data available" by re-registering the Windows Time service — the common fix for a new or freshly-recovered Domain Controller.
REQUIREMENTS
- Run as an administrator of the domain (Domain Admin or equivalent), elevated — local administrator alone is not enough for the all-DCs actions
- ActiveDirectory PowerShell module for PDC / DC detection
- Best run directly on the DC you're configuring, or a workstation with RSAT
- WinRM enabled on remote DCs for the "all DCs" and remote-target features
SUPPORTED WINDOWS
- Fully tested: Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025
- Not supported: Server 2012 / 2012 R2 — end of life and untested
- Workstation: Windows 10 (1809+) / 11 with RSAT
WHAT IT WILL AND WILL NOT DO
- Query Status and Preview are read-only — they show the exact
w32tmcommands before you apply - Defaults are role-correct: only the PDC Emulator is offered external NTP; other DCs default to the hierarchy
- Apply briefly restarts the Windows Time service on the target, so authentication on that DC pauses for a moment
- Every session is written to a log file automatically — on screen as it happens and appended line by line to
%ProgramData%\KWTechSolutions\ADTimeChanger\logs\, so the record survives closing the tool or a crash. It stays on that machine; nothing is sent anywhere. Result windows (Query Status, Preview, stripchart) can also be copied or exported individually - A current, tested full system backup of every machine you change is your responsibility. A configuration export, or any output this tool produces, is not a backup
- It keeps no copy of your previous configuration. Run Query Status first and keep the output — that is your record of what the setting was
- A license key is required to run it; there is no free trial. Two activations per key
- Support covers the program itself — installation, activation and its own operation. It does not extend to your Active Directory, your domain controllers, or your time hierarchy
- EULA shown on launch; the software is provided AS-IS
Published by KW Tech Solutions LLC · digitally signed · EULA shown on launch