Last week, Microsoft introduced a new Active Directory-related KnowledgeBase article, titled Event ID 46 and 7023 logged during startup of Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012. This article relates to the Windows Time (W32Time) service and the Netlogon (netlogon) service and their startup sequence.
The situation
On Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012-based Domain Controllers, after a reboot, you encounter the following two error events in the System log:
The cause
This can occur if the Netlogon (netlogon) service is not explicitly started before the Windows Time (W32Time) service is started. In both Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012, the Windows Time (W32Time) service is not marked as a dependency for the Netlogon (netlogon) service.
The resolution
You can safely ignore these errors, as the Windows Time (W32Time) service will attempt to start again if it does not start the first time.
Related KnowledgeBase articles
Event ID 46 and 7023 logged during startup of Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012
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