9.21. Refreshing GPO Settings on a Computer
Problem
You’ve made some changes to a GPO and want to apply them to a computer by refreshing the group policies for the computer.
Solution
Using a command-line interface
On Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP, use this command:
> gpupdate [/target:{Computer | User}]
On Windows 2000, use this command:
> secedit /refreshpolicy [machine_policy | user_policy]
Discussion
The new gpupdate
command is a much-needed
improvement over the older
secedit
utility.
With gpupdate
you can force all settings to be
applied with the /force
option (the default is
only changed settings). You can apply the computer or user settings
of GPOs using the /target
option, and you can force a logoff or reboot after the settings have
been applied using the
/logoff
and
/boot
options.
See Also
MS KB 298444 (A Description of the Group Policy Update Utility)
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