- #GROUP POLICY EDITOR WINDOWS XP PRO#
- #GROUP POLICY EDITOR WINDOWS XP SOFTWARE#
- #GROUP POLICY EDITOR WINDOWS XP PASSWORD#
It’s worth noting that messing with rules like this could lock you out of your PC if you do something wrong, so be careful. In this case, if you were to run an application that isn’t on the list, you would get an error message like this one. Everything else would be blocked from running. You can also configure the setting inside the dialog to block batch files as well.Īnother option in the same folder allows you to create a setting for “Run only specified Windows applications” – you would configure the setting to Enabled and then provide a list of allowed applications. This particular setting would allow you to block access to the command prompt for users on the PC. If you were to double-click on the “Prevent access to the command prompt” item from the screenshot above, you would be presented with a window that looks like this one – in fact, most of the settings under Administrative Templates are going to look similar.
#GROUP POLICY EDITOR WINDOWS XP SOFTWARE#
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#GROUP POLICY EDITOR WINDOWS XP PASSWORD#
In the home environment, however, you probably won’t want to set password length restrictions or force yourself to change your password. 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.
#GROUP POLICY EDITOR WINDOWS XP PRO#
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.
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