Comments on: Add Group Policy Editor to Control Panel

By: folio

folio — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:20:29 +0000

Thank you for this great Group Policy Editor tutorial. Awesome!

By: Larry Miller

Larry Miller — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:31:25 +0000

There is a reason that there is no default shortcut to the Group Policy Editor. That is to keep curious and inexperienced users from doing serious harm to their systems. Group Policy is a very powerful tool in the hands of an expert. In the hands of the inexperienced it can be dangerous.

Know what you are doing before making changes. Many settings have widespread implications that ane not fully explained.

Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA

By: Johnny

Johnny — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:23:51 +0000

why not working with vista, i like it..

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:48:53 +0000

@EdwardATeller
Here is a spreadsheet from Microsoft explaining and giving the registry entry to be modified for all of Vista’s GPS. It is in .xls format, so either Word or OpenOffice shall suit your needs to read and follow it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downl.....laylang=en

By: EdwardATeller

EdwardATeller — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:58:43 +0000

I’m trying to run a user mode printer driver under Vista Premium. I have to edit a group policy that does not allow NT4.0 drivers to run. All the answer simply say to use the group policy editor. That’s great if you have Vista Ultimate or Business, but it is of no help to us Premium users. It would be great if someone could tell me how to edit the registry to remove this prohibition on using NT 4.0 drivers in Vista.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:15:25 +0000

ujangje, how come when I open up services.msc in a command window, I see Group Policy Client running and set to automatic? If my Vista Home Premium does not include this, then why is it included? I am unable to stop the service, seeing as how I don’t need it, seeing as how I don’t have it.

By: ujangje

ujangje — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:14:17 +0000

Hii Shivu,for your info,your Home Premium doesnt support “Group Policy”.u need Vista Business Or Ultimate to do this.. Thx

By: Shivu

Shivu — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:24:17 +0000

searching the google for a while, I found this site. I am using windows vista home premium.

this did not work?

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:47:02 +0000

Just found this site, and so far I’m enjoying it. Keep up the good work.

But as for this hack, I’m running XP Pro w/SP2 and you most definitely can add a Reg_expand_sz value. Right click->new and it’s the last option (Expandable String Value)