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Windows XP in a Nutshell
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Windows XP in a Nutshell

by David A. Karp, Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott
April 2002
Beginner
640 pages
27h 54m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Group Policy Refresh Utility — \windows\system32\gpupdate.exe

Synopsis

Refresh group policies and settings. (Group Policy Refresh Utility is included with Windows XP Professional only.)

To Open

Command Prompt gpupdate

Usage

gpupdate [/target] [/force] [/wait] [/logoff] [/boot] [/sync]

Description

Type gpupdate at the command prompt to refresh group policy settings. The Group Policy Refresh Utility accepts the following options:

/target:computer or /target:user

Refresh only user or only computer policy settings; by default, both are refreshed.

/force

Reapply all policy settings — by default, only policy settings that have changed since the last refresh are applied.

/wait: value

Wait a specified number of seconds for policy processing to finish before being returned to the command prompt. The default is 600 seconds; specify 0 (zero) not to wait at all, or 1 (one) to wait indefinitely.

/logoff

Log off the current user after the Group Policy settings have been refreshed.

/boot

Restart Windows after the Group Policy settings have been refreshed.

/sync

Cause the next foreground policy application (occurring at computer startup and user logon) to be done synchronously. If /sync is specified, /force and /wait parameters will be ignored.

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