In my Vista, Group Policy is not there.
It's your How-To.
What is the solution?
I have Dell's Vista Home Premium.
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Where is the GPE?
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How right you are :)
Here's a list of registry edits though (in .xls)
Thanks for the postings, guys.
Note, your How-To says,
"Please note that this does not work with the Home editions of either Vista or XP because they don't come with Group Policy Editor."
It doesn't say Home Premium edition, just "the Home editions of either Vista or XP".
Sorry, I used to teach English. If there is an assumption made with "Home edition", assumptions produce misunderstandings when doing tutorials.
Hence this thread.
I pray the other How-To's don't make similar assumptions. I tend to take things as I read them.
Thanks again.
Scott, your second link said, "home versions of Vista."
Note the difference?
"Home editions of either Vista or XP"
With the "XP" in the sentence makes "editions" plural.
In Scott's second link (thanks by the way), it is "Home" and "Home Premium" that make the "versions" plural.
Class over. Recess time. :)
No offense to the people who put their hard efforts into creating the How-To tutorials.
I hope there is room for improvement. :)
Programmers think? Hey, I learn something new every day.
I'm an former engineer made teacher. I've always had an issue with programmers calling themselves Software Engineers.
There is nothing, my friend, logical about English.
You know how many language were merged together to make up English.
Go here, Webster's, enter a word, any respectable word, and look not at the meanings, but where the word came from. Some words aren't just from one other language, but A is translates into B that is translated into C. Frightening.
If you want to get exact you could say "The Group Policy Editor is not included in home/average consumer versions of Windows including Windows XP Home and Windows Vista Home Premium, Click Here for a Full List"
Microsoft divides their Windows product editions into four segments of the market, here are some of the editions (Not All):
Developing Markets
- Windows XP Starter
- Windows Vista Starter
- Windows 7 Basic
Business/Geek
- Windows XP Professional, Media Center Edition, Tablet PC Edition, Professional x64 Edition
- Windows Vista Business
- Windows 7 Professional
Enterprise/Extreme Geek
- Windows XP x64 Edition (Runs on Intel Itanium and the edition was discontinued after Intel discontinued the Itanium)
- Windows Vista Enterprise and Ulitmate
- Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate
There are a few other editions like the Server ones and the N/K editions not listed for time reasons but you should get the idea.
I'm not surprised that The Geek didn't take the time to list every edition that didn't have the Group Policy Editor and just said it not available on the "Home Editions".
Justin, IMHO, tutorials should be very exact.
Remember, the individual is trusting in the tutorial to teach them something. Often from a very small knowledge base. The more basic the tutorial, the more exact it should be.
When I was in school, yes they had schools way back them, I remember often calling out that the second equation in the professor's proof was wrong. That usually got us a fifteen minute break, while the professor checked his notes and make the corrections. :0
Usually, he had been using those same note for decades. The students either never knew enough to spot the mistake, or just weren't paying any attention. I prefer to think it was the latter.
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