Questions about policy editor

I have a laptop with Home Premium. I'm thinking about upgrading to Ultimate.
I have some questions. Home Premium doesn't have any policy editors. I know
that I can change existing Registry entries & add new entries to make Vista
more secure. When one makes a change to a policy editor, in what file is the
change stored? Or is it stored in the Registry? If policy editor changes are
stored in the Registry, then one really doesn't need to upgrade to Ultimate
or have a PC with Ultimate. So, ultimately (no pun intended) can one use the
Registry to make Home Premium as secure as (or possibly more secure than)
Ultimate & achieve the same results as one who has Ultimate?

Thank you.
David

Group Policy Editor is only available with Vista Ultimate, Business or Enterprise editions.
If you are looking for enhanced security for Windows Vista Home Premium, consider
installing Microsoft's Windows SteadyState:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Also see: Shared Computing with Windows SteadyState
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m...ktopfiles.aspx


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"pc nerd" <> wrote in message news:9360DCDB-D5E4-4776-BA93-...
I have a laptop with Home Premium. I'm thinking about upgrading to Ultimate.
I have some questions. Home Premium doesn't have any policy editors. I know
that I can change existing Registry entries & add new entries to make Vista
more secure. When one makes a change to a policy editor, in what file is the
change stored? Or is it stored in the Registry? If policy editor changes are
stored in the Registry, then one really doesn't need to upgrade to Ultimate
or have a PC with Ultimate. So, ultimately (no pun intended) can one use the
Registry to make Home Premium as secure as (or possibly more secure than)
Ultimate & achieve the same results as one who has Ultimate?

Thank you.
David

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:37:00 -0500, "Carey Frisch [MVP]"
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Start here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc779838.aspx

(In short, no a registry editor is not enough; not all settings are stored
there.)

"pc nerd" <> wrote in message
news:9360DCDB-D5E4-4776-BA93-...
> I have a laptop with Home Premium. I'm thinking about upgrading to
> Ultimate.
> I have some questions. Home Premium doesn't have any policy editors. I
> know
> that I can change existing Registry entries & add new entries to make
> Vista
> more secure. When one makes a change to a policy editor, in what file is
> the
> change stored? Or is it stored in the Registry? If policy editor changes
> are
> stored in the Registry, then one really doesn't need to upgrade to
> Ultimate
> or have a PC with Ultimate. So, ultimately (no pun intended) can one use
> the
> Registry to make Home Premium as secure as (or possibly more secure than)
> Ultimate & achieve the same results as one who has Ultimate?
>
> Thank you.
> David

Richard G. Harper <> wrote:

<top-posting macro corrected>

>> I have a laptop with Home Premium. I'm thinking about upgrading to
>> Ultimate.
>> I have some questions. Home Premium doesn't have any policy editors. I
>> know
>> that I can change existing Registry entries & add new entries to make
>> Vista
>> more secure. When one makes a change to a policy editor, in what file is
>> the
>> change stored? Or is it stored in the Registry? If policy editor changes
>> are
>> stored in the Registry, then one really doesn't need to upgrade to
>> Ultimate
>> or have a PC with Ultimate. So, ultimately (no pun intended) can one use
>> the
>> Registry to make Home Premium as secure as (or possibly more secure than)
>> Ultimate & achieve the same results as one who has Ultimate?
>
> Start here:
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc779838.aspx
>
> (In short, no a registry editor is not enough; not all settings are
> stored there.)

Heh, there is no server. Where else do you think local policy settings are
if not in the registry??

Not all policies are going to be there, but most are. There are interfaces
for XP Home, but I have do not know of any for Vista Home Basic/Premium.

eg.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm

ss.

pc nerd <> wrote:
>
> I have a laptop with Home Premium. I'm thinking about upgrading to
> Ultimate. I have some questions. Home Premium doesn't have any policy
> editors. I know that I can change existing Registry entries & add new
> entries to make Vista more secure. When one makes a change to a policy
> editor, in what file is the change stored? Or is it stored in the
> Registry? If policy editor changes are stored in the Registry, then one
> really doesn't need to upgrade to Ultimate or have a PC with Ultimate.
> So, ultimately (no pun intended) can one use the Registry to make Home
> Premium as secure as (or possibly more secure than) Ultimate & achieve
> the same results as one who has Ultimate?

Making Group Policy changes to a standalone machine is not really going to
make any difference, unless you are trying to restrice things for other
users on the machine, from a security standpoint.

ss.