52-Positive Periodic DC Cache Refresh for Background Callers

Computer/User Node :

   MACHINE

Policy Path :

   Administrative Templates\System\Net Logon

Supported on :

   At least Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 family

Help/Explain Text :

   Determines when a successful DC cache entry is refreshed. This setting is applied to caller programs that periodically attempt to locate DCs, and it is applied before the returning the DC information to the caller program. The default value for this setting is infinite (4294967200). The maximum value for this setting is (4294967200), while the maximum that is not treated as infinity is 49 days (4294967). Any larger value is treated as infinity. The minimum value for this setting is to always refresh (0).

Registry Settings :

  HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Netlogon\Parameters!BackgroundSuccessfulRefreshPeriod