The Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) is not provided on Home versions of Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11.
If a group policy has registry settings, the associated file share will have a file registry.pol with the registry settings that the client needs to apply. These refer to fileserver paths (attribute gPCFileSysPath) that store the actual group policy objects, typically in an SMB share \\ \ SYSVOL shared by the Active Directory server. Īctive Directory servers disseminate group policies by listing them in their LDAP directory under objects of class groupPolic圜ontainer. A version of Group Policy called Local Group Policy (LGPO or LocalGPO) allows Group Policy Object management without Active Directory on standalone computers. A set of Group Policy configurations is called a Group Policy Object ( GPO). Group Policy provides centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users' settings in an Active Directory environment.
Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems (including Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2003+) that controls the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. Local Security Policy editor in Windows 7
