Windows XP Home Edition: gpedit.msc (group policy) editing via registry

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It is possible to install [B]gpedit.msc[/B] snap-in for MMC in Windows XP Home Edition

[B]Warning: you proceed at your own risk. If you do not know what you are doing – please don’t [/B]


[URL="http://bogdan.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/gpedit-for-windows-xp-home.zip"]Download English gpedit for windows xp home.zip[/URL] (also in [URL="http://bogdan.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/gpedit-for-windows-xp-home.7z"]7zip[/URL] archive).
Here are instructions for manual MMC snap-in installation. Original French-version archive had a batch file which does installation automatically, which I also added to the English archive ([B]gpedinst.bat[/B]). But you [B]must manually verify that batch file fits your system before running it![/B] It might be safer to follow the instructions manually.

[B]Put these files:[/B]

[CODE]
appmgmts.dll
appmgr.dll
fde.dll
fdeploy.dll
gpedit.msc
gpedit.dll
gptext.dll
[/CODE] into [B]%SystemRoot%\system32[/B] folder (most often it’s just [B]c:\windows\system32[/B])
put these files:

[CODE]
system.adm
inetres.adm
conf.adm
[/CODE] into [B]%SystemRoot%\system32\GroupPolicy\ADM\[/B] (create if this folder doesn’t exist)

finally, run these commands one by one in the [B]CMD[/B] window:

[CODE]regsvr32 gpedit.dll
regsvr32 fde.dll
regsvr32 gptext.dll
regsvr32 appmgr.dll
regsvr32 fdeploy.dll [/CODE]That should make gpedit.msc callable as [B]Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc[/B]
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