So I thought to be a Good Boy and institute a periodic task with Task Scheduler to create a Restore Point at 1900 hours every day.
But dear old Task Scheduler insists that the admin password be non-null. Legacy code, I suppose.
Two (Three?) years ago I dug in my heels at, I think, Group Policy Editor.
Should I Grind my Teeth and Gird my Loins and start using GPE for periodic tasks such as creating restore points, or running data backups?
If so, I commit to taking that course of action.
Thanks, Chris
Now Win11 doesn't object that my admin user "ChrisAdmin", like my standard user "Chris076" has a null password. I just click "YES" whenever admin privileges are required, and switching between the two users does not require a non-null password.Is it time to master Group Policy (Editor)?
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Re: Is it time to master Group Policy (Editor)?
If you are using a Home SKU of Windows, group policy is not available.
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Well that's a relief,
I think.
I guess its back to DOS batch files for me then.


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Re: Is it time to master Group Policy (Editor)?
I'm a bit late reading this thread but I'm wondering if there is anything helpful on this page? https://www.itechtics.com/enable-gpedit-msc-windows-11/ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑10 Mar 2023, 19:02Well that's a relief,
I think.
I guess its back to DOS batch files for me then.![]()
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Re: Is it time to master Group Policy (Editor)?
Skitterbug, you can never be too late. You were born at just the right time ...Skitterbug wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 18:51I'm a bit late reading this thread but I'm wondering if there is anything helpful on this page? https://www.itechtics.com/enable-gpedit-msc-windows-11/
Thanks for the link. I have added it to my ToDo list for when things settle down here on the HP15-Win11 affront.
Thanks again, Chris
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Re: Is it time to master Group Policy (Editor)?
Just because you active Gpedit on a Home SKU and change settings that does not mean those settings are used in the Home SKU. Some will work and some won't.
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Re: Is it time to master Group Policy (Editor)?
Thanks for this tip, Joe.
I might still give it a try, when I have finished all my chores (grin).
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Thanks for the info!

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