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Local Users and Groups on XP Home


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Hey all,

My mom & pop have got a ~3 year old dell running XP Home. It doesn't work so well, but that's not the point. What I'd like to know is if there's any way to use Local Users and Groups MMC snap-in on it, or any other computer running XP home, for that matter. The plug in is there, but when I try to load it, I get a message that says:

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Local Users and Groups

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This computer is running Windows XP Home Edition. This snapin may not be used with that version of Windows. To manage user accounts for this computer, use the User Accounts tool in the Control Panel.

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OK

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So is there any registry tweak or anything to fool it into thinking it's running XP Pro or something like that so I can use it? If so, I'd really appreciate it if someone could let me know.

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OK, thanks. Also, is there any way (through the command prompt, I would assume) to set the account lockout policy, the password policy, etc. in XP home, since there is no group policy editor or local security settings (secpol.msc)?

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