Re: Group Policy refresh question

I made a change to Group Policy on the server. Then, at a command prompt on
the WinXP desktop, I typed "gpupdate /force". The policy was refreshed,
followed by "Your workstation needs to reboot. Reboot now?" within the
command shell (in other words, it was DOS text). I'm wondering why running
the same command on a server doesn't prompt for a reboot, but on a
workstation it does?

"Paul Bergson" wrote:

> Where did the requirement for reboot come from? The only way I have seen
> this is after a software update. You are correct it shouldn't ever require
> a reboot.
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> Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA
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> "BillTheCurious" <BillTheCurious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > This question concerns a WinServer 2003 environment, but I didn't see a
> > discussion group for Win2k3 Active Directory :-( This question is about
> > the
> > mechanics of Group Policy refresh.
> >
> > I understand Group Policy refreshes at a preset interval. I'm also pretty
> > sure Group Policy will refresh when you reboot a computer.
> >
> > Last night I made adjustments to Group Policy. I then ran gpupdate /force
> > on the workstation to apply those changes immediately. After running it,
> > the
> > gpupdate process required me to reboot the computer.
> >
> > So here's my question. Why not just reboot a computer if gpupdate is
> > going
> > to require you to reboot anyway??? Why bother with gpupdate /force?
> >
> > I see all the MS docs about the refresh interval - but that concerns PCs
> > that are running and won't be rebooted. They'll get the update at the
> > interval.
> > If I don't want to wait, MS suggests using gpupdate, but they don't
> > suggest
> > rebooting as a method to immediately apply the new policy. Won't it do
> > the
> > same thing?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>
>
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