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Is there an alternative to gpedit.msc for "Home" versions of Windows (ie: Vista Home Premium)?
MiffTheFox
Posted 2009-09-12T13:53:10.963
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Alternative to gpedit.msc for Windows Home editions?
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The gpedit.msc is basically a front-end for various registry settings.
Microsoft published a document called Group Policy Settings Reference which "displays the Group Policy settings in the Administrative Templates folder and the registry entries that they change".
You can open the Registry Editor and change the key listed in the table.
Albic
Posted 2009-09-12T13:53:10.963
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this site offers free gpedit for win10 add on... https://www.itechtics.com/enable-gpedit-windows-10-home/ I've not checked code so unsure how safe it is but sounds good to me, maybe someone can verify the code?
anon765
Posted 2009-09-12T13:53:10.963
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more info on same thing here: http://windowsreport.com/install-group-policy-editor-windows-10-home/
– anon765 – 2017-03-11T10:02:49.773Although your answer is 100% correct, it might also become 100% useless if that link is moved, changed, merged into another one or the main site just disappears... :-( Therefore, please [edit] your answer, and copy the relevant steps from the link into your answer, thereby guaranteeing your answer for 100% of the lifetime of this site! ;-) You can always leave the link in at the bottom of your answer as a source for your material... – Donald Duck – 2017-03-11T11:10:24.893
No need. The instructions are already in my answer to Windows Starter Edition, Home and Home Premium do not include gpedit, how do I install it?
– DavidPostill – 2017-03-11T14:54:42.577
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@Albic, Is http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms815238.aspx the full list?
– Pacerier – 2014-11-16T00:29:17.083@Pacerier: It appears it's not the full list. I couldn't find the "Always use custom login background" item under the
– Alex Essilfie – 2015-08-29T08:16:17.917Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logonsection as described in the How-To Geek article How to Set a Custom Logon Screen Background.Additionally, @MiffTheFox: The page (and its links) do not specify in detail what values must be written to the registry; it only states the registry key and the entry which holds the value. You'll therefore need a working version of Group Policy Editor to test the values being written to the registry. Kindly send me a message if you decide to undertake this task. I will be glad to contribute. – Alex Essilfie – 2015-08-29T08:23:37.940
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This is the Windows 2000 list, and is heavily outdated. The current version can be found here.
– Bob – 2015-10-11T06:33:02.597@AlexEssilfie: see my answer to the "duplicate" question for a site which also has all the values for the entries. Also, the How-To Geek article has a typo: it should be "Always use custom logon background", as their screenshot shows.
– lapis – 2017-04-05T20:14:36.627I improved the edit suggestion to be https, because the edit that was in the queue, wasn't https and thus would have failed the current requirement of all links being https. I also pointed the link to the en-us link, since the original link, was en-us not en-au – Ramhound – 2017-04-05T20:51:02.583
2Thank you, this worked. (And I am now considering writing a front end to these keys, but manually regeditting them will work for now.) – MiffTheFox – 2009-09-13T04:26:11.003