Unable To Access Group Policies

[NJITGS]

Greetings All-

And happy holidays...

I need to remove the option to install downloaded updates from the shut down
options in Windows XP with the Group Policies and unfortunately whenever
this is attempted by typing gpedit.msc in the Run command a pop-up box says
that Windows cannot find the file gpedit.msc.

Could anyone please help...?

Windows XP Service Pack 2

Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I need to remove the option to install downloaded updates from the shut
down options in Windows XP with the Group Policies and unfortunately
whenever this is attempted by typing gpedit.msc in the Run command a
pop-up box says that Windows cannot find the file gpedit.msc.

Could anyone please help...?

Windows XP Service Pack 2

Windows XP ______ with Service Pack 2?
(Why SP2 only?)
It does make a diference.

This?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457141.aspx#EBAA

 

[SC Tom]

Greetings All-

And happy holidays...

I need to remove the option to install downloaded updates from the shut
down options in Windows XP with the Group Policies and unfortunately
whenever this is attempted by typing gpedit.msc in the Run command a
pop-up box says that Windows cannot find the file gpedit.msc.

Could anyone please help...?

Windows XP Service Pack 2

Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff

If you're running XP Home, it doesn't have Group Policy.
If you're running XP Pro, have you tried Search to find gpedit on your hard
drive?

 

[Jose]

Greetings All-

And happy holidays...

I need to remove the option to install downloaded updates from the shut down
options in Windows XP with the Group Policies and unfortunately whenever
this is attempted by typing gpedit.msc in the Run command a pop-up box says
that Windows cannot find the file gpedit.msc.

Could anyone please help...?

Windows XP Service Pack 2

Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff

Follow these instructions and you will get the answer:

To eliminate questions and guessing, please provide additional
information about your system.

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste the information back here.

There will be some personal information (like System Name and User
Name), and whatever appears to be private information to you, just
delete it from the pasted information.

 

[NJITGS]

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 06
System Model DC454A-ABA 524C
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1798 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD AM37320, 8/1/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 85.55 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.10 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

[NJITGS]

My XP Media Center Edition computer has group policy....

 

[NJITGS]

Hi Sherman-

And thank you for your reply. However the instuctions you provided with the
link outline using group policies to edit the options for updates and the
whole problem I am encountering is that when attempting to open GP
(gpedit.msc) it opens a box telling me that Windows cannot find the
gpedit.msc file.

 

[NJITGS]

Coming right up.

Greetings All-

And happy holidays...

I need to remove the option to install downloaded updates from the shut
down
options in Windows XP with the Group Policies and unfortunately whenever
this is attempted by typing gpedit.msc in the Run command a pop-up box
says
that Windows cannot find the file gpedit.msc.

Could anyone please help...?

Windows XP Service Pack 2

Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff

Follow these instructions and you will get the answer:

To eliminate questions and guessing, please provide additional
information about your system.

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select
All, Copy and then paste the information back here.

There will be some personal information (like System Name and User
Name), and whatever appears to be private information to you, just
delete it from the pasted information.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Any plan to answer the question about what OS you have? ;-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

Hi Sherman-

And thank you for your reply. However the instuctions you provided with
the link outline using group policies to edit the options for updates and
the whole problem I am encountering is that when attempting to open GP
(gpedit.msc) it opens a box telling me that Windows cannot find the
gpedit.msc file.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

It's "Shenan".

I see you later said you had Media Center and then showed you had Windows XP
Home. That's your issue.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

Hi Sherman-

And thank you for your reply. However the instuctions you provided with
the link outline using group policies to edit the options for updates and
the whole problem I am encountering is that when attempting to open GP
(gpedit.msc) it opens a box telling me that Windows cannot find the
gpedit.msc file.

 

[NJITGS]

I'm working with two computers, one is Windows XP Media Center Ed. and the
other, the one I am trying to access the GP is XP Home Edition.

It's "Shenan".

I see you later said you had Media Center and then showed you had Windows
XP Home. That's your issue.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

Hi Sherman-

And thank you for your reply. However the instuctions you provided with
the link outline using group policies to edit the options for updates and
the whole problem I am encountering is that when attempting to open GP
(gpedit.msc) it opens a box telling me that Windows cannot find the
gpedit.msc file.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Why isn't SP3 installed by now? Computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be
offered any further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will cease
to function, and Windows Update website will not be available after 10 July
2010 until SP3 is installed.

PS: If you updated manually via Windows Update website, you wouldn't have
unwanted installations at shutdown.

 

[David Webb]

There are many omissions, by design, in Windows XP Home Edition, and Group
Policy is one of them. See this article for a full discussion:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

A quote from the article:

"Group Policy - Since Home Edition cannot be used to logon to an Active
Directory domain, Group Policy--whereby applications, network resources, and
operating systems are administered for domain users--is not supported either."

 

[SC Tom]

But if you're using it to try and set Policy on an XP Home machine, it's not
going to work.
--
SC Tom

My XP Media Center Edition computer has group policy....

 

[Jose]

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 06
System Model DC454A-ABA 524C
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1798 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD AM37320, 8/1/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 85.55 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.10 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

It is true that the Group Policy Editor is not available in XP Home.

Does that mean the features are just not there at all or are they just
not convenient to get to with some graphical user interface (GPE)?

If the Policies section is in the registry, you don't need Group
Policy Editor to control things.

I do not know if the Policies section in the registry is the same in
Home or not, but you can certainly find out.

Using regedit on your system, determine if you can navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies

If you are successful in locating the Policies section, then determine
if this section exists under it:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

That is where your feature of interest is controlled.

If you don't see it, how far into Polices can you go? Sometimes you
have to add missing pieces by hand.

Check your non Pro systems (and check a Pro system if you have one)
and report back.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I'm working with two computers, one is Windows XP Media Center Ed. and the
other, the one I am trying to access the GP is XP Home Edition.

WinXP MCE is a _superset_ of WinXP Pro, so it supports Group Policies.
WinXP Home does not support Group Policies.


--

Bruce Chambers

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