CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 Practice Question
While replacing hardware in a branch office, you discover that a Windows Server 2022 virtual machine is online but no domain users can sign in through either the console or Remote Desktop. You can log on locally with the built-in Administrator account. Event Viewer shows repeated Audit Failure entries with error KRB_AP_ERR_SKEW and a System log Time-Service event ID 129. The VM's clock is more than five hours ahead of the domain controllers, and the Windows Time (w32time) service is currently Stopped. What should you do first to restore domain users' ability to log on to the server?
Start the Windows Time (w32time) service and force an immediate clock synchronization with a domain controller.
Remove the computer account from Active Directory and re-join the server to the domain.
Reset the passwords of affected user accounts and clear any lockouts.
Enable NTP synchronization on the hypervisor host and reboot the virtual machine.