All popular editions of Windows 10 above Home have built-in administration tool gpedit.msc or local group policies. This tool includes a wide range of policies (settings) and is intended to force changes in the basic configuration of the operating system and accounts. It is implemented as a MMC management console with a fairly user-friendly and intuitive graphical interface. This article shows you how to force gpupdate on multiple computers. Group policies of the computer and the user are updated by default every 90 minutes in the background (perhaps a random offset from 0 to 30 minutes). They are also updated every time you start the system. If you change some group policies and want to apply the changes right away, not waiting for 90 minutes and not restarting the computer, update them manually using the commands described below.

1. HOWTO: Force Gpupdate to All Computers
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2. All popular editions of Windows 10 above Home have built-in
administration tool gpedit.msc or local group policies. This tool
includes a wide range of policies (settings) and is intended to
force changes in the basic configuration of the operating
system and accounts. It is implemented as a MMC
management console with a fairly user-friendly and intuitive
graphical interface. This article shows you how to force
gpupdate on multiple computers.
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3. Group policies of the computer and the user are updated by
default every 90 minutes in the background (perhaps a random
offset from 0 to 30 minutes). They are also updated every time
you start the system. If you change some group policies and
want to apply the changes right away, not waiting for 90
minutes and not restarting the computer, update them
manually using the commands described below.
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4. Manually Update User and Computer Policies
1. Open a command prompt as an administrator: one of the
ways is to right-click on the "Start" menu and select "Command
Prompt (Administrator)" from the menu that opens.
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6. Manually Update User and Computer Policies
2. Type gpupdate command and press Enter - if you want to
update only the policies that have been changed. If you want to
update all policies - instead of the previous command,
type gpupdate /force and press Enter.
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8. Manually Update Computer Group Policies
Using the commands above, you can update the user and
computer policies; below the command, only the computer
group policy settings are updated.
1. Open a command prompt as an administrator: one of the
ways is to right-click on the "Start" menu and select "Command
Prompt (Administrator)" from the menu that opens.
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10. Manually Update Computer Group Policies
2. Enter the gpupdate /target: computer command and press
the Enter key to update only those computer policies that have
been changed, if you want to update all computer policies —
instead of the previous command, type gpupdate /target:
computer /force and press the Enter key.
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12. How to Force Gpupdate. Manually Update User Group Policies
Using the commands described in the first method, you can
update the user and computer policies; below the command,
only the user group policy settings are updated.
1. Open a command prompt as an administrator: one of the
ways is to right-click on the "Start" menu and select "Command
Prompt (Administrator)" from the menu that opens.
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14. How to Force Gpupdate. Manually Update User Group Policies
2. Type the gpupdate /target: user command and press the
Enter key to update the changed user policies, if you want to
update all user policies — instead of the previous command,
type gpupdate /target: user /force and press the Enter key.
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