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gpupdate

Group policies define various security settings for Windows systems, such as

password complexity, logon attempts, and permissions for users to install

software. Group policies can apply to a standalone system or to systems on a

domain. It takes time for a group policy change to propagate throughout a

domain, but you can force a workstation to update to new policies by running

gpupdate on the workstation.

gpresult

If you need a quick overview of all security policies applied to a single user

or computer, the gpresult tool is for you. You can run gpresult for any user or

computer on your network (assuming you have a valid username and

password) and you can ask for detailed or summary information. This

command shows the summary results for user michaelm on the local

computer:

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