gpedit.msc in Home edition

Hi All,

Is it posssible to use "gpedit.msc" in XP Home Edition,
if not, the following KB seems to be saying we can ?

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292504

Have I misunderstood something ?

Many thanks.

Best

Hi

No, gpedit can't be used in XP Home. However try the following utility from
Doug Knox:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm

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Will Denny
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<best@news.postalias> wrote in message
news:7a8d01c527b5$f4f18540$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
>
> Is it posssible to use "gpedit.msc" in XP Home Edition,
> if not, the following KB seems to be saying we can ?
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292504
>
> Have I misunderstood something ?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Best

The article is poorly worded.
It is not supported.
Copy it over from an XP box, it won't run. There is a little bit more
missing.

This tool gives a lot of the functionality that gpedit would if it was in
Home
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm

Regards
Mark Dormer


<best@news.postalias> wrote in message
news:7a8d01c527b5$f4f18540$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
>
> Is it posssible to use "gpedit.msc" in XP Home Edition,
> if not, the following KB seems to be saying we can ?
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292504
>
> Have I misunderstood something ?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Best

"best@news.postalias" wrote:

> Is it posssible to use "gpedit.msc" in XP Home Edition,

No. You can copy that file and and some other required system files to
the XP Home edition, then it's possible to run "gpedit.msc". However,
you won't see any helpful settings/options in that case.

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d-d

The Microsoft KB article only refers to registry changes associated with
various Policies that can be made with both Windows XP Pro & Home, which I
assume is all gpedit.msc basically does anyway, but is only supported in XP
Pro.

Drew

<best@news.postalias> wrote in message
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Hi All,

Is it posssible to use "gpedit.msc" in XP Home Edition,
if not, the following KB seems to be saying we can ?

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292504

Have I misunderstood something ?

Many thanks.

Best

<best@news.postalias> wrote in message
news:7a8d01c527b5$f4f18540$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
>
> Is it posssible to use "gpedit.msc" in XP Home Edition,
> if not, the following KB seems to be saying we can ?
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292504
>
> Have I misunderstood something ?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Best


Those registry entries for Group Policy will work in XP Home but you have to
change the registry yourself because the Group Policy Editor interface only
works in XP Pro (so you don't have to mess with the Registry),

--
William

Professionals shouldn't edit the registry, just Home users!!!

"WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eS0zl2AKFHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
> Those registry entries for Group Policy will work in XP Home but you have to
> change the registry yourself because the Group Policy Editor interface only
> works in XP Pro (so you don't have to mess with the Registry),
>
> --
> William
>

"Keith Miller" <k.miller79@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%23RTil1CKFHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Professionals shouldn't edit the registry, just Home users!!!

Didn't I say that????


"WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eS0zl2AKFHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
> Those registry entries for Group Policy will work in XP Home but you have
> to
> change the registry yourself because the Group Policy Editor interface
> only
> works in XP Pro (so you don't have to mess with the Registry),
>
> --
> William
>


--
William

Hello Best,

Thanks for your post.

I understand from you post that you want to make sure whether it is
possible to use "gpedit.msc" in XP Home Edition.

The answer is the utility is only available in the Windows XP Professional
Edition. Thank you for all the former replies.

"Gpedit.msc" is a Group Policy Editor to define user and computer
configurations for groups of users and computers. Because Windows XP Home
Edition is not designed to enter a domain, some domain related utilities
(for example: Gpedit.msc) are also not included in the Windows XP Home
Edition.

For more information of the Group Policy Editor, please refer to the
following URL:

307882 How To Use the Group Policy Editor to Manage Local Computer Policy in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307882 (You will find this article not
included the Windows XP Home Edition)

In addition, Mark and Will have given you the tool to replace Gpedit. Thank
them for the experience sharing.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to get in touch!

Best regards,

Frances He


Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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