Specops Gpupdate
Specops Gpupdate
Specops Gpupdate
Contents
Introduction 3
Setup 5
Requirements 5
Installation 5
Using Specops Gpupdate 6
Security 7
Support and troubleshooting 8
Introduction
Specops Gpupdate is a tool that lets the administrator perform tasks related to
remote Group Policy processing directly from Active Directory Users and
Computers (ADUC).
Setup
Installation of Specops Gpupdate is straightforward and easy. This chapter
explains how it is done
Requirements
Specops Gpupdate has the following requirements on the computer where it is
installed.
• Windows XP with SP2 or Windows Server 2003
• .Net Framework 2.0
• Microsoft Active Directory Users and Computers
Installation
Installing Specops Gpupdate requires one or two steps depending if it is the first
time or not it is installed
Security
Specops Gpupdate utilizes the Windows Security model, meaning that any user
of Specops Gpupdate need appropriate permissions to perform the actions. For
example when shutting down computers the user need remote shutdown
permissions.
In general being a local administrator on the remote computer will satisfy all the
security requirements needed, but following sections describe the permissions
needed to perform the actions in more detail.
Gpupdate
• Permissions to run WMI on the remote computer and start processes.
• Any installed firewall must let WMI calls pass through.
Restart/Shut down
• Permission to shut down the remote computer remotely.
Start computers
• Read access to the DHCP servers in the enterprise. All domains have a
group named DHCP Users that fulfill this requirement for DHPC Servers
on Domain controller and all DHCP servers have the same local group
for member servers.
• The DHCP server must be a Microsoft DHCP server, 3rd party DHCP
servers are not supported.