XP Home - Adding gpedit.msc
These are the instructions for manual MMC snap-in installation. This will add gpedit to XP Home.
Firstly download the zip file Click To Download
1. Unzip the file.
2. Copy the contents of the System32 Files folder to c:\windows\system32
These files must go in c:\windows\system32 folder
appmgmts.dll
appmgr.dll
fde.dll
fdeploy.dll
gpedit.msc
gpedit.dll
gptext.dll
3. Copy the contents of the System32 Files folder to c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm (if this folder does not exist you must create it.
These files must go in c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm folder
system.adm
inetres.adm
conf.adm
4. Once you have these files in place double click on the file install.bat This will register all the above files with Windows XP Home. Once completed it should open gpedit.msc
POSSIBLE ERROR
Snap-in failed to initialize. Name:Group Policy
CLSID:{8FC0B734-A0E1-A7D3-0000F87581E3}
Snap-in Creation Failed.
The snap-in is not created, it may not be installed properly.
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