- Dec 30, 2012
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We’re going to explain how to use the Local Group Policy editor to make changes to your PC that aren’t available any other way.
We should note right up-front that the Group Policy editor is only available in the Pro versions of Windows – Home or Home Premium users won’t have access to it. It’s still worth learning about though.
Group Policies are a really powerful way to setup a corporate network with each of the computers locked down so users can’t mess them up with unwanted changes, and stop them from running unapproved software, among many other uses.
In the home environment, however, you probably won’t want to set password length restrictions or force yourself to change your password. And you probably won’t need to lock down your machines to only run specific approved executables.
There are many other things that you can configure though, like disabling Windows features that you don’t like, blocking certain applications from running, or creating scripts that run during Logon or Logoff.
Tutorial
We should note right up-front that the Group Policy editor is only available in the Pro versions of Windows – Home or Home Premium users won’t have access to it. It’s still worth learning about though.
Group Policies are a really powerful way to setup a corporate network with each of the computers locked down so users can’t mess them up with unwanted changes, and stop them from running unapproved software, among many other uses.
In the home environment, however, you probably won’t want to set password length restrictions or force yourself to change your password. And you probably won’t need to lock down your machines to only run specific approved executables.
There are many other things that you can configure though, like disabling Windows features that you don’t like, blocking certain applications from running, or creating scripts that run during Logon or Logoff.
Tutorial
