Gpupdate.exe

The gpupdate.exe tool is a command-line tool that assists administrators in troubleshooting GPO processing and initiating GPO processing on demand. Certain sections of group policies will only be applied at computer startup and user logon, whereas others will be applied during these intervals and during the periodic refresh interval. For the settings that apply during the computer startup and user logon intervals, if network connectivity to the domain controllers is not available during this interval, these settings might not ever be applied. Also, remote or mobile workstations, systems that are put to sleep or hibernated, and users logging on using cached credentials usually do not get these policies applied. This is where the new ...

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