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A company has recently deployed Active Directory and now a workstation cannot connect to a network resource. A technician takes corrective action by modifying group policy settings. Which command should the technician use to make the workstation synchronize with the new settings?

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A company has recently deployed Active Directory and now a workstation cannot connect to a network resource. A technician takes corrective action by modifying group policy settings. Which command should the technician use to make the workstation synchronize with the new settings?

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The technician should use the "gpupdate /force" command. This command forces an immediate update of Group Policy. It re-applies all policy settings, which can help when a workstation is not picking up new settings. Here are the steps:

  1. Open the command prompt. You can do this by clicking on the Start menu, typing "cmd" into the search bar, and hitting Enter.

  2. Once the command prompt is open, type in "gpupdate /force" and hit Enter.

  3. The system will then start to apply the new Group Policy settings. Depending on the number of changes, this process may take a few minutes.

  4. Once the process is complete, you should see a message saying that the Group Policy update has completed successfully. If there are any errors, they will also be displayed here.

  5. After the update, the workstation should be able to connect to the network resource. If it still can't, there may be other issues at play that need to be addressed.

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