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RGPREFRESH UTILITY
NEW!!!!
PowerShell version of this utility available at
SDM
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This is a command line utility to remotely refresh Group Policy on Win2K, XP or
Server 2003. The utility auto-detects the target OS version and applies the
appropriate options. NOTE: You need the .Net Framework 1.1 installed on the
machine where you run this utility from. The following screen shot gives you
an idea of the command-line options available, which mirror what are available
in the native tools that come with Win2K, XP and 2003. Please let me know if you
find any bugs. I tested on all 3 OS' but your mileage may vary.
Also, there's a good article on refreshing Group Policy remotely, along with
a tool that lets you use rgprefresh against multiple computers, written by
Jakob Heidelberg,
here
Release History
Version 1.6 (current): Adds a new
/n parameter that lets you specify that you don't want to trigger a reboot
or logoff (added in 1.5) when using the /force /sync or /boot parameters and
gpupdate would normally require a reboot or logoff to force a synchronous
processing event. Also adds some additional debugging information in the
event that the refresh fails.
Download:
rgprefresh16.zip -- 4.8KB
Version 1.5: In this version, the
tool will automatically logoff or reboot a target XP or Server 2003 system
if required by Group Policy. This is different than 1.0, which did not
perform this reboot or logoff task as it should have. This version also
fixes some other bugs, including a "parameter is incorrect" error when
connecting to a remote system without specifying credentials.
Download:
rgprefresh15.zip -- 4.7KB
Version 1.0 (original): This is the
first version of the tool and provided for remote refresh of Group Policy on
XP, Server 2003 and Windows 2000 systems.
Download: rgprefresh.zip --
4.4KB
Screen Shot of Version 1.6
