Content preview from Mastering Windows Group Policy
- gpupdate: The gpupdate command can be used on its own. This will initiate a regular background refresh cycle, meaning that it will only process GPOs that have been changed or updated within Group Policy. In my experience, running the command on its own doesn't usually do much.
- gpupdate /Force: By far the command that I issue most frequently, the /Force switch causes Group Policy to re-process and re-apply all of the policy settings. If you ever have a policy that doesn't seem to be applying, make sure to run this command at least once before doing any in-depth troubleshooting. This often clears it up. /Force causes a refresh at both the background and foreground levels.
- gpupdate /Sync: The /Sync switch doesn't actually ...
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