Does Windows 10 Home honor gpedit policies stored via registry?

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I need to replicate a few gpedit policies on a PC with Windows 10 Home, so I applied such policies to a Windows 10 Pro PC, then tracked down the corrisponding registry entries via Regshot. Now I've a nice .reg with the policies I need to apply.

So... if I import said .reg in the Windows 10 Home PC, will they be honored?

As always, I strongly appreciate an official Technet link to back every answer, but experiences are ok too as long as they are tested.

Dr. Gianluigi Zane Zanettini

Posted 2017-03-25T23:20:19.040

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The simple answer is "yes," and many of us have tested this rather extensively. For future reference, Microsoft actually provides us with a spreadsheet we can download called the Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows. It contains a comprehensive list of settings, including both the Group Policy path as well as the corresponding registry hierarchy for each one: Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server

– Run5k – 2017-03-25T23:29:38.560

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You could also install gpedit. Instructions to install it are in my question & answer Windows Starter Edition, Home and Home Premium do not include gpedit, how do I install it?

– DavidPostill – 2017-03-25T23:34:32.540

not all settings. some only apply to Windows 10 Enterprise (like disable of lockscreen) – magicandre1981 – 2017-03-26T10:50:21.340

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The simple answer is "yes," and many of us have tested this rather extensively. The registry settings that were changed by the Windows 10 Pro Local Group Policy Editor and exported to a .reg file should gracefully integrate into your Windows 10 Home registry. The only possible exceptions might be the rather rare instances where a certain specific capability exists within Windows 10 Pro that isn't available on a Windows 10 Home machines, such as various aspects of BitLocker and client Hyper-V:

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For future reference, Microsoft actually provides us with a free spreadsheet that we can download called the Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows. It contains a comprehensive list of settings, including both the Group Policy path as well as the corresponding registry hierarchy for each one:

Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server

Run5k

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