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Update Group Policy without Restarting Your Computer

If you make a change to the group policy on your Windows XP Professional; Vista Business or Ultimate; or Windows 7 Ultimate machine, you will need to restart your computer to make the changes take effect. In this guide, you’ll learn how to avoid restarting with a simple command.

There are many guides on this site that require you to use the Group Policy Management Console. Once you’ve made the changes, do the following:

  1. Press the Start button and type CMD
  2. Right click cmd.exe and select Run as Administrator
  3. Now type gpupdate/force and press enter

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Group policy will now refresh and your changes will be in effect.



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