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force GPUPDATE on all domain computers

Issue: You need to force group policies to refresh on all domain computers immediately rather than waiting the default 90 minutes. Solution: You can use PSEXEC to accomplish this feat. 1) Download PSTOOLS from Microsoft, extract and copy to c:PSTOOLS 2) Open a Command Prompt as administrator: To update group policies on all domain machines: psexec \\* gpupdate /force PSEXEC queries Active Directory for the computer names to run the command against, thus it will likely run against Read more [...]