Windows 2000 ships with a command line tool to refresh the Group Policy settings on a local computer. But what if you need to refresh Group Policy settings on 100 Windows 2000 machines? You either need to create a script to do so or visit each computer individually. To eliminate this, you can use the below steps to accomplish the task:

Steps:

• Create a Text file named Servers.txt
• Paste all the computer names in txt file.
• Run the following commands from a Windows 2000 computer:

To refresh user policy: 

• Psexec.exe This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it secedit.exe /refreshpolicy user_policy

To refresh machine policy

• Psexec.exe This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it secedit.exe /refreshpolicy machine_policy