Ah! My time is wrong!
03.August.2010 09:34 Filed in: Tech Tips
What happens if you are at home and notice that the
time and date on your District 21 laptop is wrong???
First, you have to understand that the date and time on computers in an enterprise environment, like District 21, is much different than the importance of the date and time on our personal computers in our homes. The date and time are the basis for everything from logging in with your Active Directory username and password to ensuring that your files sync accurately.
When you are away from the District, your time should be accurate, matching the time of computers within the District. For example, this passage is being written outside of the District, and the time on this computer exactly matches the time on computers throughout District 21 right now. When this time is off, the solution is simple (though not necessarily convenient), and one that you can implement yourself.
To correct your time, simply:
After your time is correct, you may receive more syncing errors than you have typically received. If you have only been using your staff laptop to do your schoolwork, select the mobile/portable version as the key version that you want to retain on the server!
First, you have to understand that the date and time on computers in an enterprise environment, like District 21, is much different than the importance of the date and time on our personal computers in our homes. The date and time are the basis for everything from logging in with your Active Directory username and password to ensuring that your files sync accurately.
When you are away from the District, your time should be accurate, matching the time of computers within the District. For example, this passage is being written outside of the District, and the time on this computer exactly matches the time on computers throughout District 21 right now. When this time is off, the solution is simple (though not necessarily convenient), and one that you can implement yourself.
To correct your time, simply:
- Be sure that the computer is shut down the next time you go into a District 21 school (any District 21 school)
- Once in the school, boot up the computer and login
- Your time will automatically sync with the District time servers!
- If that still doesn’t work. Log-out. Try to log-in one more time. If the time still doesn’t correct, call the Help Desk at 847.934.8100 and press 2.
After your time is correct, you may receive more syncing errors than you have typically received. If you have only been using your staff laptop to do your schoolwork, select the mobile/portable version as the key version that you want to retain on the server!
