Re: Disabling a group policy immediately

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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:51:05 -0700, Tom <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>I am administering a network in a third level college. At times students
>complete supervised assignments in our computing labs. These assignments
>typically last about 3 hours. During this time I would like to prevent them
>from accessing the internet and other computers via the network to prevent
>copying. To achieve this I have created a group policy with the necessary
>settings and linked it to the appropriate OU. Under normal conditions I
>disable this GPO and enable it when an assignment is being done. The problem
>is that I would like the enabling/disabling of the group policy to take
>effect immediately. When I enable the GPO it takes effect fairly quickly
>(about 10 minutes) which is acceptable I suppose but once the exam is over it
>can take a very long time for the GPO to be disabled on client computers.
>Can anyone offer me advice on how to deal with this?
>Thanks,
>Tom


See if tip 8641 » How do I use the Group Policy Update Utility?
in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com helps.
.



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