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Group Policies on XP Home - a solution

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  • 20-02-2006 8:39pm
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    Those in the know will know that Windows XP Home does not have the management console policy gpedit.msc enabled It is possible to install using it using this fix:
    copy the following items from a PC running windows xp professional to the folder windows\system32
    * appmgmts.dll
    * appmgr.dll
    * fde.dll
    * fdeploy.dll
    * gpedit.msc
    * gpedit.dll
    * gptext.dll

    Create the following folder c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm and copy to it
    * system.adm
    * inetres.adm
    * conf.adm

    Finally open the dos prompt and run the following from the folder windows\system32
    regsvr32 gpedit.dll
    regsvr32 fde.dll
    regsvr32 gptext.dll
    regsvr32 appmgr.dll
    regsvr32 fdeploy.dll
    Close the prompt and there ya go


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