JSI Tip 9717. RgpRefresh.exe freeware is a command-line utility to remotely refresh group policy.

Download Rgprefresh.zip and unzip Rgprefresh.exe to a folder that is in your PATH.

NOTE: You need the .Net Framework 1.1 installed on the machine where you run this utility from.

When you type Rgprefresh /?, you receive:

Remote Group Policy Update Utility for Win2K & XP/2003, v. 1.0by Darren Mar-Elia, gpoguy.com. All rights reserved.Description: Refreshes Group Policy Computer Settings Remotely. Automatically detects whether target is Win2K, XP or W2K3Syntax: RGPrefresh [/m:{ComputerName}] [/u:{username}] [/p:{password}] [/force] [/logoff] [/boot] [/sync]Parameters:Value               Description/m:{ComputerName}   Specifies the target computer for Group Policy Refresh/t:{Computer|User}  Specifies whether to refresh computer-specific policy user-specific policy. For both, don't specify an option.                    Note that the both option only works on XP & Server 2003/u:{username}       Specifies alternate credentials to use when connecting to remote machine.                     Required when you don't have admin rights on target/p:{password}       Specifies password when using alternate credentials/force              Specifies to force Group Policy update regardless of whether GPOs have changed/logoff             (for XP and 2003 only) For policies that require a logon (e.g. sw installation, folder redirection),                    forces a logoff after policy refresh/boot               (for XP and 2003 only) For machine policy that requires a reboot,                    this option will reboot the target after policy processing completes/sync               (for XP and 2003 only) Causes the next foreground policy application to be done synchronously