Edit group policy is an administrative tool not easily accessed without knowing the exact location of this feature; here are 2 ways to get to this feature in windows 7….. Let’s get started with the first and easier path to this feature.

1.) First you need to find the start button located in the taskbar all the way to the left which looks like: click the start button.

2.) Once the start button is clicked you will see a pop up screen which looks like : once you see this menu, look towards the bottom where it says “search programs and files”

3.) In the “search programs and files” box : type in gpedit.msc

4.) Which will bring you to a popup menu which looks like:

When you see gpedit at the top highlighted in blue, press enter.

5.) A pop up screen will appear which is the edit group policy dialog box, which looks like: this ends the first and easier way of getting to the edit group policy feature.

6.) Now I’ll show you the 2^nd way of getting to the edit group policy feature, we will start off the same way…. Locate the start button on the taskbar which looks like this:

7.) Again you will see a popup menu which looks like: search for the “ search programs and files” box at the bottom

8.) In the search box: type in mmc

9.) Once typed you will see a menu which looks like:

When you see MMC highlighted in blue at the top, press enter.

10.) You may get a pop up asking permission which looks like:

At this point, press yes.

11.) You will see a console root dialog box which appears as:

12.) Mouse over the file tab, and scroll down to ADD/REMOVE SNAP-IN…and left-click the mouse to select this option :

13.) The add or remove snap-ins menu will appear:

14.) On the left side, mouse over the Group policy object… and select to highlight it:

15.) Once highlighted , select the add button in the center:

16.) The select group policy box will appear:

At this point select the browse button located in the center right of the box:

17.) The browse for a group policy object box will appear and make sure the “This computer” selection is selected, like so:

18.) Once you made sure the box appears as in step 17, select ok :

19.) Then select finish in the select group policy object box:

20.) And again ok at the add or remove snap-in box:

21.) Now the console1 box will appear again but this time with the local computer policy in the middle like so:

22.) Mouse over the local computer policy and double click to select, which finally will bring you to the edit group policy feature:

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Group Policy Object Editor is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in used for configuring and modifying Group Policy settings within Group Policy objects (GPOs).

Administrators need to be able to quickly modify Group Policy settings for multiple users and computers throughout a network environment. The Group Policy Object Editor provides administrators with a hierarchical tree structure for configuring Group Policy settings in GPOs. These GPOs can then be linked to sites, domains, and organizational units (OU) containing computer or user objects.

The above statement is a reference from Microsoft.com