Questions about policy editor

[pc nerd]

I have a laptop with Home Premium. I'm thinking about upgrading to Ultimate.
I have some questions. Home Premium doesn't have any policy editors. I know
that I can change existing Registry entries & add new entries to make Vista
more secure. When one makes a change to a policy editor, in what file is the
change stored? Or is it stored in the Registry? If policy editor changes are
stored in the Registry, then one really doesn't need to upgrade to Ultimate
or have a PC with Ultimate. So, ultimately (no pun intended) can one use the
Registry to make Home Premium as secure as (or possibly more secure than)
Ultimate & achieve the same results as one who has Ultimate?

Thank you.
David

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Group Policy Editor is only available with Vista Ultimate, Business or Enterprise editions.
If you are looking for enhanced security for Windows Vista Home Premium, consider
installing Microsoft's Windows SteadyState:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...2D-93E9-4B02-BD95-9D770CCDB431&displaylang=en

Also see: Shared Computing with Windows SteadyState
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.01.desktopfiles.aspx


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I have a laptop with Home Premium. I'm thinking about upgrading to Ultimate.
I have some questions. Home Premium doesn't have any policy editors. I know
that I can change existing Registry entries & add new entries to make Vista
more secure. When one makes a change to a policy editor, in what file is the
change stored? Or is it stored in the Registry? If policy editor changes are
stored in the Registry, then one really doesn't need to upgrade to Ultimate
or have a PC with Ultimate. So, ultimately (no pun intended) can one use the
Registry to make Home Premium as secure as (or possibly more secure than)
Ultimate & achieve the same results as one who has Ultimate?

Thank you.
David

 

[DDW]

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DDW

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Start here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779838.aspx

(In short, no a registry editor is not enough; not all settings are stored
there.)

 

[Synapse Syndrome [KGB]]

Start here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779838.aspx

(In short, no a registry editor is not enough; not all settings are
stored there.)

Heh, there is no server. Where else do you think local policy settings are
if not in the registry??

Not all policies are going to be there, but most are. There are interfaces
for XP Home, but I have do not know of any for Vista Home Basic/Premium.

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

ss.

 

[Synapse Syndrome [KGB]]

I have a laptop with Home Premium. I'm thinking about upgrading to
Ultimate. I have some questions. Home Premium doesn't have any policy
editors. I know that I can change existing Registry entries & add new
entries to make Vista more secure. When one makes a change to a policy
editor, in what file is the change stored? Or is it stored in the
Registry? If policy editor changes are stored in the Registry, then one
really doesn't need to upgrade to Ultimate or have a PC with Ultimate.
So, ultimately (no pun intended) can one use the Registry to make Home
Premium as secure as (or possibly more secure than) Ultimate & achieve
the same results as one who has Ultimate?

Making Group Policy changes to a standalone machine is not really going to
make any difference, unless you are trying to restrice things for other
users on the machine, from a security standpoint.

ss.