Set Group Policy refresh interval for domain controllers: registry value GroupPolicyRefreshTimeDC and 1 moreComputerHKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
- Policy ID
- GroupPolicyRefreshRateDC
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows 2000
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- System › Group Policy
Registry
GroupPolicyRefreshTimeDC
REG_DWORDComputerHKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System Current key
- Enabled value
- Depends on the option value
- Element
- Minutes:
- Value type
- REG_DWORD
- Required
- true
- Maximum value
- 44640
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System] ; Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data "GroupPolicyRefreshTimeDC"=dword:<enter value>
CMD
:: Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" /v "GroupPolicyRefreshTimeDC" /t REG_DWORD /d "<enter value>" /f
PowerShell
# Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System' -Force | Out-Null New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System' -Name 'GroupPolicyRefreshTimeDC' -PropertyType DWord -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null
GroupPolicyRefreshTimeOffsetDC
REG_DWORDComputerHKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System Current key
- Enabled value
- Depends on the option value
- Element
- Minutes:
- Value type
- REG_DWORD
- Required
- true
- Maximum value
- 1440
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System] ; Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data "GroupPolicyRefreshTimeOffsetDC"=dword:<enter value>
CMD
:: Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" /v "GroupPolicyRefreshTimeOffsetDC" /t REG_DWORD /d "<enter value>" /f
PowerShell
# Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System' -Force | Out-Null New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System' -Name 'GroupPolicyRefreshTimeOffsetDC' -PropertyType DWord -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null