Gpedit.msc is disabled. Please Help

Clarifications

Here is a Microsoft Knowledgebase article which shows how you can start Microsoft Management Console (MMC) first and add the Group Policy extension to it:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/gpedit_startstandalone.mspx?mfr=true

The method described in the article gets you to Group Policy, it runs gpedit.msc.

When you select gpedit.msc from Start - Run, what happens? Do you get an error message?

GPEdit.msc is only available in XP Professional not XP Home.
You can change some settings using tools such as TweatUI from MS Powertools and the built in Local Secrutiy Policies (secpol.msc)
and changing policies manually using RegEdit.

Common policy locations:
HKLM\Software\Policies
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

and other settings. For good reg settings see:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/

http://www.j79zlr.com/gphome.php

This page gives what lookks like a comprehencive list of the tiems taht can be controled via gpedit.msc.

Its lists the items and associated registry key and setting.

i.e.
Hide and disable all items on the desktop
KEY: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
DWORD: NoDesktop = 1

If you are experienced withregedit, this may be an alternative to accomplish what you want without having access to gpedit.msc.

Actually my gpedit.msc & regedit is disabled also the command prompt is disabled.
When I tried opening regedit the msg recd was registry editing has been disabled by ur administrator.

Does your login name not belong to the local user group Administrators? If you do not have local administrator rights, i.e., if your account is a limited account, or the user is a Restricted User in a domain environment, you may not use either Regedit or Gpedit.msc.

go to system 32 folder in c: where windows is installed the search for gpedit...
then double click that.... u will login into gpedit.msc