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February 25, 2019 at 3:49 am #330896

Are you looking for the Group Policy Editor, gpedit.msc, on a Windows Home machine? Good luck with that. Microsoft only puts gpedit.msc on Pro and Ent
[See the full post at: Deanna’s Freeware Spotlight: Policy Plus]

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- Lars220
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  February 25, 2019 at 11:28 am #331483
  
  Thanks for the nice informative Newsletter article from Deanna McElveen, has good instructions. Remember to have system restore points and backups when modifing with the Group Policy Editor (and using the Registry Editor also). Note that the Windows 10 Home edition does not have the controls for deferring updates built in, so the Policy Plus editor does not help with controlling / deferring updates, but is useful elsewhere. For more info:
  
  https://www.ghacks.net/2017/07/25/policy-plus-brings-group-policy-to-all-windows-editions/
  
  https://www.techspot.com/guides/1719-group-policy-editor-windows-home/
  
  https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-10-policy-plus.html
  
  Good job Deanna, thanks OlderGeeks, from a ‘Geek in Training’ –
  
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- Ken
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  March 2, 2019 at 9:20 am #336098
  
  Cannot find Policy Plus on OlderGeeks.com. Not listed there. Please advise exact link for downloading!
  
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- PKCano
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  March 2, 2019 at 1:07 pm #336171
  
  From the Newsletter link to OlderGeeks (Click on “Newsletter/Alerts” button in the top menubar), scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the BIG green “Download Now” that has arrows on either side. It is an automatic download.
  
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- bjm
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  March 2, 2019 at 1:30 pm #336180
  
  PKCano wrote:
  
  From the Newsletter link to OlderGeeks (Click on “Newsletter/Alerts” button in the top menubar), scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the BIG green “Download Now” that has arrows on either side. It is an automatic download.
  
  BIG green “Download Now” ?
  
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- PKCano
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  March 2, 2019 at 1:32 pm #336181
  
  Sorry, click on the link to OlderGeeks, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the BIG green “Download Now” that has arrows on either side.
  
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- bjm
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  March 2, 2019 at 1:35 pm #336183
  
  Ken wrote:
  
  Cannot find Policy Plus on OlderGeeks.com. Not listed there. Please advise exact link for downloading!
  
  https://www.oldergeeks.com/downloads/file.php?id=1992
  
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