Group Policy Editor in Windows 10 Home, better not to have it?

[Immanuel]

Hi there, can you say if it is better? What would technically happen? 

[AdvancedSetup]

Windows 10 Home version does not come with Group Policy Editor

There are hacks to try to enable it that appear to work on the surface but some experts say that it does not truly work properly

 

[Immanuel]

My question maybe wasn't clear...Does enabling the gpeditor in Windows 10 Home pose the pc at greater risks than not having it? I mean the antivirus can ignore the presence of hacker because there is the permission of gp...

[David H. Lipman]

It is not "enabled", it is not native to Windows Home editions.  It is a feature for NT Domains included in Ultimate, Professional and Enterprise editions of Windows.

It has to be shimmed into Home Edition.  If done wring, you may cause risk level ripple effects in the OS.

 

 

[Immanuel]

I see...so I presume an absent Group Policy is better than a bad configured one? can you make me an example?

[David H. Lipman]

Group Policies are all about the Allowance or Denial of certain actions or the formation of a rule to guide certain actions.

For example one can set a policy to block the execution of a named file or the ability to run certain tools.  Many are based upon NIST standards and applied security models for a Domain.  Windows Home edition can not be added into a NT Domain and thus Group Policy is not a part of its modality.

A bad policy may make use of the PC difficult at best or brick it at worst.

[Immanuel]

To quarantine?

[David H. Lipman]

What does that have to do Group Policies on Windows Home editions?

Edited April 11 by David H. Lipman
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[Immanuel]

I've added it following itechtichs topic

Edited April 11 by Immanuel

[Immanuel]

This was the sense of my topic, to know if it is better to have gpedit or not on win 10 home

[David H. Lipman]

It is not.

If you want that and other capabilities, always obtain a Windows Professional License or buy a PC with windows Professional pre-installed.

 

[Immanuel]

But Windows Professional has Remote Desktop...

[David H. Lipman]

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