How often is group policy applied?

[Russ]

Is group policy only applied at log in or is it checked periodically also?
For example, if I want group policy to execute a vbscript mid-day can I do
that without the users having to log off and back on?

 

[Chris Miller]

I believe the default is every 90 mins which can be
configured differently if needed.

 

[Mark Williams [MSFT]]

Group Policy is applied at startup (computer policy), logon (user policy)
and at its refresh period thereafter (90 minutes, plus or minus a random
offset of up to 30 minutes). If you want to manually invoke this (or script
it) use GPUpdate (assuming XP or later - secedit /refreshpolicy is the way
to go on Windows 2000).

I hope this helps.

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Mark Williams
Microsoft

Group Policy Troubleshooting
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14949
Group Policy Settings Reference Spreadsheet
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=15165

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