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What does gpupdate actually DO?
I cannot find an explanation of what gpupdate does, beyond something like "updates the group policy." But I can't find any definition of what that means. I'm looking for a more detailed explanation. For example, something like:
"It transfers group policy settings from the files in c:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy into the current registry control set."
or
"It takes the current registry settings that are related to group policies and makes those effective in the running system." (Is there even a concept of a CurrentControlSet registry setting not having immediate effect?)
or
"It takes the registry settings that are related to group policies and back-dates the c:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy files to reflect the current registry settings." (Yeah, I know it's probably not this.)
or
"It does both of the first two items."
or
...? (something else?)
Any clarification is appreciated. Thanks in advance.