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Update Group Policy settings. If the time limit is exceeded, the command prompt returns, but policy processing continues. /Logoff and /Boot will have no effect if there are no client-side extensions called that require a logoff/reboot. /Force and /Wait parameters will. The at command is used to schedule commands and other programs to run at a specific date.
The gpupdate command refreshes a computer's local Group Policy, and any Active Directory-based group policies.
Availability
Gpupdate command is used to update Group policies in Windows operating system Domain. There are different options to use with the gpupdate but one of the most used option is. Reference Material Available Commands. Below is a list of all of the commands available in Specops Gpupdate Professional. Refreshes local and Active Directory based Group Policy settings, including security settings on a remote computer. The command I have in the batch script is 'echo n gpupdate /force'. When deploying this is just shows running and will sit there indefinitely. Anyone have any ideas how to push out this command remotely through PDQ Deploy? I feel like this is a pretty basic command and I am sure I'm just missing something.
Gpupdate is an external command and is available for the following Microsoft operating systems as gpupdate.exe.
![Command Command](/uploads/1/1/7/7/117768029/894200678.gif)
Gpupdate syntax
/Target:{Computer | User} | Specifies that only user or only computer policy settings be refreshed. By default, both user and computer policy settings are refreshed. |
/Force | Reapplies all policy settings. By default, only policy settings that have changed are applied. |
/Wait:{value} | Sets the number of seconds to wait for policy processing to finish. The default is 600 seconds. The value '0' means not to wait. The value '-1' means to wait indefinitely. When the time limit is exceeded, the command prompt returns, but policy processing continues. |
/Logoff | Causes a logoff after the Group Policy settings are refreshed, which is required for those client-side extensions that don't process policy on a background refresh cycle but do during log on. Examples include user-targeted Software Installation and Folder Redirection. This option has no effect if there are no extensions called that require a logoff. |
/Boot | Causes a reboot after the Group Policy settings are refreshed, for those client-side extensions that don't process policy on a background refresh cycle but do at startup. Examples include computer-targeted Software Installation. This option has no effect if there are no extensions called that require a reboot. |
/Sync | Causes the next foreground policy application to be done synchronously. Foreground policy applications occur at computer boot and user login. You can specify this for the user, computer or both using the /Target parameter. The /Force and /Wait parameters are ignored if specified. |
Gpupdate examples
Running the command alone refreshes the computers policies as shown below in the example output.
Additional information
- See our Active Directory definition for further information and related links on this term.
Gpupdate Command Force
When I first started learning about Active Directory, Group Policy always seemed very fickle. Sometimes I could run GPUpdate, other times I had to run /force.
As it turned out, Group Policy was always working – I just didn’t understand it. So what’s the difference between GPUpdate and GPUpdate /force? Well –
GPUpdate: Applies any policies that is new or modified
GPUpdate /force: Reapplies every policy, new and old.
So which one should I use? 99% of the time, you should only run gpupdate. If you just edited a GPO and want to see results immediately, running gpupdate will do the trick. In fact, running GPUPdate /force on a large number of computers can be damaging to your career. This is because these machines will hit a domain controller and reevaluate every GPO applicable to them.
Note: If you are looking for the remote version of GPUpdate in Active Directory Users and Computers, see this guide.
Anything else?
Since you asked, why yes there is! GPUpdate has a few other options for you to use.
/LogOff: Certain GPOS, such as Folder Redirection, can’t apply in the background. If a logoff is required, this switch will initiate it.
/Boot: If a policy, such as software installation, needs to be applied – the boot command will reboot the machine.
/Sync: Useful for changing the foreground (startup/logon) processing to synchronous.
…Enlightening…
Sarcasm aside, yes it is! You probably noticed a lack of remote support with GPUpdate. To address this, Microsoft introduced the Invoke-GPUpdate cmdlet. Here is an example:
Gpupdate Command List
Invoke-GPUpdate -Computer COMPUTERNAME -Force
or
$Computers = Get-AdComputer -SearchBase “OU=Brunswick, DC=Test,DC=local” -Filter *
Foreach ($Computer in $Computers) {invoke-gpupdate -Computer $Computers.Name}
Got an easier way to GPUpdate?
The example above might not be the most practical way of initiating a GPUpdate. Knowing this, Microsoft included the ability to start a GPUpdate remotely in the Server 2012/Windows 8 version of Group Policy Management Console.
Gpupdate Results Command
As you can see in the picture above, right clicking on any OU will allow you to trigger a remote GPUpdate. Microsoft provided a little security with this tool by not allowing a GPUpdate at the domain level. However, this only works within Group Policy Management. Because a good bit of my work is done within Active Directory Users and Computer, I prefer this method of running a remote GPUpdate.
Gpupdate Command Line
GPUpdate seemed like such a simple tool. As you now know, it is very powerful and completely customizable to your situation and environment. So the next time you see an administrator running an unwarranted gpupdate /force, explain the differences and let your domain controllers take a breather! And now that GPUpdate has been straightened out, have you been running GPResult remotely?
Gpupdate Command Cmd
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