Computer configuration settings apply at startup and are refreshed at regular intervals.
Any startup scripts run at computer startup?
The default interval is every 90 minutes, plus a random time between zero and 30 minutes.
But this period of time is configurable.
The exception to the set interval is domain controllers, which have their settings refreshed every
5 minutes.
User settings are applied at sign in and are refreshed at regular configurable intervals.
The default also is 90 minutes, plus a random time between zero and 30 minutes.
Any lag on scripts run at sign in.
Note A number of user settings require to sign in before the user sees the effect of the GPO.
This is because users who sign into the same computer use cached credentials to speed up sign ins.
This means that although the policy settings are being delivered to the computer, the user is signed
in already and the settings will therefore not take effect until the next sign.
The folder redirection setting is an example of this.
You can change the refresh interval by configuring a group policy setting.
For computer settings, you can find the refresh interval setting in the computer configuration.
Backslash Policies.
Backslash Administrative Templates.
Backslash System.
Backslash Group Policy Node.
For user settings, you can find the refresh interval in the corresponding settings under user configuration.
An exception to the refresh interval is security settings.
The security settings section of group policy is refreshed at least every 16 hours, regardless of the
interval that you set for the refresh.
This is not configurable via group policy.
You can also refresh group policy manually.
The command line utility pup date refreshes and delivers any new group policy configurations and removes
settings that no longer apply.
The update slash force command refreshes all the group policy settings.
A new Windows PowerShell invoke update complete also performs the same function, but the coolant requires
the Active Directory module to be installed.
The advantage of the complete is that you can use it to refresh group policy on other computers than
the one you were signed into by using the computer parameter.
You cannot push group policy settings to a client.
The client always pulls the settings from the domain controller.
A feature introduced in Windows Server 2012 is the possibility to start a group policy refresh remotely.
With this feature, administrators can use the PMC to target an O, u and force a group policy refresh
on all of its computers and currently signed in users.
To do this, you right click an EU and then click group policy update.
The update occurs within 10 minutes.
You will see a command line window open when the refresh is executing on the client.
Note Sometimes the failure of a GPIO to apply is a result of problems with the underlying technology
that is responsible for replicating ads and sizzle in Windows Server 2016.
You can view the replication status by using the PMC, selecting the domain node, clicking the status
tab and then clicking detect now.