Re: gpedit in XP Home

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox@mvps.org)
Date: 01/02/03


From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 12:26:01 -0500

GPEDIT does not exist in Home and will not run in Home. However, you can implement many of the restrictions manually, via the Registry.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

The above link is for Win2K, but the vast majority of the settings are the same.

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"Bob P" <plamondon@nonags.com> wrote in message news:003601c2b21d$21035f20$89f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA01...
> I cannot run gpedit in XP Home, I get the cannot find file 
> error message, and after searching, I cannot find it 
> either.  How do I install or locate the file?  Thanks


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