Group Policy Editor for Windows XP Home

If you need a Group Policy Editor under Windows XP Home Edition you need to copie files from a Windows XP Professional over to the Windows XP Home.

C:\WINDOWS\System32\gpedit.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\fde.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\gptext.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\appmgr.dll
C:\WINDOWS\System32\fdeploy.dll
C:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm\system.adm
C:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm\inetres.adm
C:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm\conf.adm

then register the dll files:

regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\gpedit.dll
regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\fde.dll
regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\gptext.dll
regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\appmgr.dll
regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\fdeploy.dll

I tried the above instructions and it “worked”. Meaning I can open over the mmc the gpedit.msc and have all the adm Templates load. What’s not working is the Resultant set of policy. Where you can see which policies applies to the system. Anyway when you generate a report it comes up with a error message “illegal namespace” So that still does not work and also does not look promising that any Settings will have an effect on the OS. Thats just my five Cents on the Topic. Here is how I copied the files. Would love to hear from anyone that was able to configure anything with the gpedit.msc under XP Home.

I copied the files from another XP Pro and wrote a little batch file to make the process a little faster for other XP Home Computers. Here is the Batch file. You might have to change the Folder Path to represent your installation. And remember you will have to add any Backup needs yourself. Just a reminder! Now even though it works it might not give you the functionality you search for. Windows XP Home is a cripled Operating System and gpedit works with Templates (*.adm) Files. Meaning that even though its offered to configure under the newly added gpedit it does not mean your underlaying Operating system supports it. I was searching for Remote WMI Support which I guess is not available.

<code>@echo off
copy gpedit.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\gpedit.dll
copy fde.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\fde.dll
copy gptext.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\gptext.dll
copy appmgr.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\appmgr.dll
copy fdeploy.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\fdeploy.dll
pause

copy system.adm C:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm\system.adm
copy inetres.adm C:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm\inetres.adm
copy conf.adm C:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm\conf.adm
pause

regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\gpedit.dll
regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\fde.dll
regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\gptext.dll
regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\appmgr.dll
regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\fdeploy.dll
pause
</code>