NOTE: Please do NOT do this unless specifically instructed by IT.
- Click the start button, and type "cmd"
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right-click "Command Prompt", and select "Run as administrator" (Note: to right-click on a touchscreen, press and hold instead of tapping)
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type "gpupdate /force", and then press the [Enter] key (Note the space, and slash, in the command)
- Wait for the command to complete. If it's been a minute or more, press [Enter] a couple more times
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When the command it complete, you'll be back to a new line with "C:\WINDOWS\system32>" and a blinking underscore
- Type "shutdown /r /t 0" and press the [Enter] key. The machine will reboot. (Note: the last character is a zero, not an uppercase letter "oh".)
- Done!