In this post we will see how to install Group Policy Management Console or GPMC in Windows 10/8/7. GPMC simplifies the management of Group Policy in Windows systems, by making it easier to for IT and System Administrators to understand, deploy, manage, troubleshoot Group Policy implementations, as well as automate Group Policy operations via scripting.

The Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) is not to be confused with the Group Policy Management Console (gpmc.msc). GPEDIT work with the registry settings of your local system, whereas GPMC is a server administration tool for domain based network.

This article guides you to install and configure Group Policy Editor in Windows 10 Home edition. While we focus on Windows 10, this method can be used for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 too. Run the above programs to install gpedit.msc and the associated DLLs.

1. If you are using Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Pro edition, the Group Policy Editor will be installed by default. But in Windows 10 Home edition, if you try to access Group policy editor by entering “gpedit.msc” in the Run dialog box then yo.
2. B)From Here Copy these files: GroupPolicy Folder, GroupPolicyUsers Folder, Gpedit.msc File c)After Copying the above files paste them in C: Windows System32 folder d)That’s all and You are all done.

To do this, you will need to download and install Windows Remote Server Administration Tool or RSAT. The Remote Server Administration Tools enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed, from a remote computer. They include Server Manager, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, consoles, Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers, and select command-line tools.

You can download it from here: Windows 7 | Windows 8 | Windows 8.1 | Windows 10.

Windows 10 Download

Install Group Policy Management Console

Once you have installed it, restart your system and open Control Panel > Programs and Features. From the left side, click on Turn Windows features On or Off. The Windows Features box will open.

You will now see the under Remote Server Administration Tools entry and it will be checked by default. Just confirm that Group Policy Management Tools check box is checked. If it is not, then do so and click on OK. You may need to wait forwhile, so that Windows can make changes to the system.

Gpedit Windows 10 Home Edition

Once done, open Run box, type gpmc.msc and hit Enter to open the Group Policy Management Console. Log in with a domain username to start using it.

Note that you will be able to use it only if your have systems running Pro / Business / Enterprise editions of Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 editions. It will not run on editions which do not have Group Policy, like the Home editions.

Tomorrow, we will see how to backup and restore Group Policy Objects in Windows.

Local Group Policy Editor Windows 10

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