I completely understand that some people would like to just download a program (or zip file) and have it do all the work for them when trying to "fix" an issue.

I, however, am not one of those people. Especially since it's not a good idea to allow strangers make changes to your registry w/o knowing what they are doing.

Is there anyway you could give details as to what registry changes your zip file makes? I was hoping that by running the file the registry would open to the new entry. Alas, it did not. It worked perfectly. I'd just like to know how it worked.

Thanks,
Kinsey

That's great. I tried that but forgot that you need to extract the file before I can view it's contents. Silly me.

Thanks for the help.
Kinsey

So i downloaded the .reg file, executed it, and i do now see the local group policy editor in my control panel, but when i try to open it to disable the lock screen i get this error message:

"MMC cannot open the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\gpedit.msc This may be because the file does not exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later verison of MMC. This may also be because you do not have sufficient access rights to the file."

Please help! The lockscreen is by far the most annoying feature of windows8, and the fact that theres no way to disable it on my verison of windows 8 is very frustrating. I work with digital audio workstations, and its a pain in the ass to have the lockscreen pop up while im busy playing/recording an instrument yet rely on the screen to watch my recording in progress.

Im currently using windows v. 8.1

Thanks
Ryan

I downloaded and installed the registry hack for adding Local Group Policy Editor to the Control Panel: System and Security, and it worked like a charm, however I get the same pop-up Ryan got:

"MMC cannot open the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\gpedit.msc This may be because the file does not exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later verison of MMC. This may also be because you do not have sufficient access rights to the file."

My OS is Windows 7 Home Premium. Does this mean I cannot take advantage of the Editor?

Thanks.

Ok, thanks.