[wpkg-users] WPKG doesn't launch on XP client PCs if the clock is wrong?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Dave Ewart schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> Main issue
> ----------
> 
> I've been seeing some curious problems whereby the client-side of WPKG
> does not appear to launch at boot-up on Windows XP machines if the XP
> clock is slightly too slow!
> 
> I have been able to reproduce these problems several times and I'm very
> sure that what I'm seeing is a real symptom:
> 
> - If clock is correct, or fast: WPKG launches at boot-up.
> 
> - If clock is too slow, say by 1 or 2 minutes, WPKG does not appear to
>   launch at boot-up.
> 
> I am basing my statement that "does not appear to launch" on examination
> of the Samba logs.  My WPKG files are stored in \\mysambaserver\wpkg and
> when the clock on the client is slow, that share is never touched.  When
> the clock is fast, or correct, that share is accessed and WPKG works as
> expected.

Works here - I put the clock by almost three hours back on a Windows 
2000 SP4 machine, and it connected just fine.

I guess you're using WPKG client / installer to start WPKG?


Check your Samba logs (log level = 3) to verify if it really doesn't 
connect.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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