I often run across blog entries for a particular tip, trick or tweak for “Windows XP” that invariably starts with “…open Group Policy Editor..”. Then, in true Digg-esque fashion, 15 comments not-so-politely inform the author that GPE is only present in XP Pro, so this tweak is useless for XP Home users.
Or is it?
GPE is one of the features in Home that was stripped in the (failed, in my opinion) attempt to make it more friendly for the home user, but it has a wide variety of practical uses for any power-user. GPE itself consists of only about 8 files, mostly DLL’s, as well as a small folder tree, therefore, if one were to determine the identity of these files and re-create the tree, you should be able to use GPE in XP Home, right?
Found in the forums at PCPitstop, a forum mod by the name of stormy13 offers up just that in the form of a 934k zip file.
It required a few minutes of work to extract the contents to the proper locations and register the new DLL files, but detailed instructions are included.
Fair warning: Although I scanned the file thoroughly, as always, beware of such things when downloading, and scan them yourself. Also, I cannot be assured how long the link (see below) will be active. It was posted quite some time ago, so it will likely be around a bit longer.
Link to download here.
Link to original forum thread here.
MS support info on uses for Group Policy Editor here.
Happy tweaking!!
Conversation Tags: tweaks, Group Policy Editor, Windows XP, XP Home
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