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2019-01-12

Easily Install Group Policy Editor (GPEdit.Msc) In Windows 10 Home Edition

• We have already given a solution to enable Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) in Windows 10 Home Edition. But that solution is old and many people are complaining that they are not able to enable the group policy editor even after after the method. In this article, we will show you another method which will automatically enable gpedit.msc console after running a batch file. This method should work 100% fine.

From <https://www.itechtics.com/easily-enable-group-policy-editor-gpedit-msc-in-windows-10-home-edition/>

Policy Plus brings Group Policy to all Windows editions by Martin Brinkmann on July 25, 2017 in Software - 13 comments Policy Plus is a free open source program for Microsoft Windows that introduces Group Policy access on all editions of the Windows operating system.

From <https://www.ghacks.net/2017/07/25/policy-plus-brings-group-policy-to-all-windows-editions/>

Add Group Policy Editor to Windows 10 Home Since this was an advanced feature, Microsoft didn’t include it in Home & Starter editions of Windows. But there might be some scenarios where you wish to modify policy settings in Microsoft Management Console (MMC) from a Home Edition of Windows. In any such cases, you will need to use a third-party tool to do that. In this post, we’ll talk about a tool called ‘Policy Plus’ that lets you make changes to the Group Policy settings even from the Home editions of Windows 10/8/7.

From <https://www.thewindowsclub.com/edit-local-group-policy-objects-using-policy-plus>

Best Group Policy Editor (Gpedit.Msc) Alternative For Windows iTechtics Staff Windows Group Policy 1 Comment • Group Policy Editor or gpedit.msc is a powerful tool for managing and restricting the way Windows environment works. Unfortunately Windows only includes the group policy editor in Professional and Enterprise editions only. Group Policy Editor is not enabled for Windows Home or starter editions.

From <https://www.itechtics.com/best-group-policy-editor-gpedit-msc-alternative-for-windows/>

2018-05-09

Note: this is in User Configuration

Well, through Group Policy you can force to lock down a workstation via a password protected screensaver, but not to log it off. The GPO settings for locking down a workstation via screensaver can be found at: Administrative templates\control panel\display\password protect the screen saver and screen saver timeout.

From <https://serverfault.com/questions/79418/enforcing-lock-screen-after-idle-time-via-gpo>

I need to lock screen of workstation  using Group Policy without setting a screen sarver. Pretty much after certain time I need screen to locked . I am not after setting screen server lock  Hope what I want to do make sense for you all

From <https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/808517-lock-screen-using-group-policy-without-setting-a-screen-saver-server-2012>

Windows periodically refreshes group policy settings throughout the network. On client computers, this is done by default every 90 minutes, with a randomized offset of plus or minus 30 minutes. When you make a change to a group policy, you may need to wait two hours (90 minutes plus a 30 minute offset) before you see any changes on the client computers. Even then, some changes will not take effect until after a reboot of the computer.

From <https://kb.iu.edu/d/ajqs>

To force your Windows computer to check for group policy changes, you can use the gpupdate /force command to trigger the updating process. This compares the currently applied GPO to the GPO that is located on the domain controllers. If nothing has changed since the last time the GPO was applied, then the GPO is skipped.

From <https://kb.iu.edu/d/ajqs>

Datil Best Answer Tino Todino Mar 29, 2010 at 1:40 AM  You could install the Remote Server Administration TOols for Windows 7 and use the Group Policy Managment console to create a new policy on your domain FROM THE WINDOWS 7 MACHINE.   This will update Group Policy to support the new GPO Store http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7D2F6AD7-656B-4313-A005-4E344E43997D&displaylang=en  

From <https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/93700-windows-7-group-policies-on-server-2003>

Problem I was tasked with working out how to do this for a client a couple of weeks ago, so I thought it would make a decent article. I’m going to have a central server share, with some photos in, then I’m going to copy them down to all the clients, and finally set their screen saver to use those photos as a ‘slide show’ screen saver. I’ve done this with Windows 10 clients, but it should work with anything newer than Windows XP

From <https://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0001281>

This lockout‍ is implemented by editing‍ the GPO‍ settings in the Group Policy Management Console of your network‍ under User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display\Password Protect the Screen Saver as well as User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Display\Screen Saver Timeout. enable‍ the password protection‍ setting and change the value‍ of the Screen Saver‍ Timeout to the desired length of a timeout period. (I suggest anywhere from 5 mins to 15 mins depending on the strictness of the sites‍ security‍ ) Some users will come back to you and start complaining about the timed lockout affecting their production‍ . Sometimes a specific user or groups‍ of users will need to be excluded from this group such as designers and drafters. An example of this could be a group of designers who project technical drawings‍ on large screens in a room while they work next to the computer. Setting up the hierarchical structure of GPO's in your domain will require quite a bit of organization‍ to help in situations such as these. Properly organizing your domain into proper containers‍ and groups will help you effectively manage‍ your domain.

From <https://www.peerlyst.com/posts/lock-it-before-you-leave-how-to-enforce-a-group-policy-inactivity-screen-password-lockout-nicole-lamoureux>