How to forcefully apply the Group policy to all the computers in SBS 2008 environment ?
1) How often are the group policies applied to all the client computers in SBS 2008 network ?
All network computers are Windows XP
2) Is there a setting which will define the interval time ? if YES where is it ?
3) Can we force to apply the GP updates to all the network computers from the server itself ?
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I should mention that running that command should prompt you for the administrator's password. You may need to use /user:domain\administrator
A typical GPO push can take up to 4 hours without any intervention. You can do a gpupdate /force to update the policies on the server and force them throught the domain. I do not believe there is anywhere you can make a change to speed this up outside of the gpupdate /force command. Also, on some settings, such as folder redirection, it can take up to 3 logons for it to apply. Running the gpupdate /force will take that count down by 1.
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1. Everything under the USER CONFIGURATION node is applied upon logging in and everything under the COMPUTER CONFIGURATION node is applied at the time of computer startup/power on (in other words, prior to being able to press ctrl alt del).
2. There is no setting where we can define time inerval.
3. Use gpupdate /force to apply the GP updates to all the network computers.
2. There is no setting where we can define time inerval.
3. Use gpupdate /force to apply the GP updates to all the network computers.
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Thanks