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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 34209251)

Wayne, that link appears to be dead...

From the site (i can access it fine from here)

2. Method

Before you do anything, make a complete back up of the system first. Make a system restore point and use NTBackup to back up the System State if you wish but I would not count on them. Also you should understand that this is for experienced users only. This was done in Windows XP SP1 Home Edition English version.

Basically you need to copy some files from Windows XP Professional to home edition, register some DLL files and check the registry.

1. Copy gpedit.msc to %SYSTEMROOT%\system32 folder.

2. Copy gpedit.dll, gptext.dll and fde.dll to the same folder. Copy %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\GroupPolicy\User and Machine folders with their contents to the same destination location.

3. Copy the six default administrative templates:

conf.adm *
inetcorp.adm
inetres.adm *
inetset.adm
system.adm *
wmplayer.adm *

to %SYSTEMROOT%\inf folder (normally hidden) and the four adm files marked with * to %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\GroupPolicy\Adm folder.

4. Register the gpedit.dll file by typing the command:

regsvr32 gpedit.dll

in the Run box. You'll see a confirmation box. If you omit this step when you try to run gpedit.msc you'll get an error message that a CLSID entry is missing.

5. Register the fde.dll file. If you omit this you'll get another error message (file missing) when starting gpedit.msc. This file is for folder redirection which is unsupported in computers not in a domain. Registering the file will get rid of the error message.

6. Register the gptext.dll file.