secedit - minimal example

Change local policies on Windows 11 Home and Windows 10 Home without third-party tools.

The GUI app secpol.msc is not included in in Home.

Powershell cmdlets are not included in Home either.

Principle

Prepare a database file and apply settings from it to the system.

Type settings in a config file. Then convert it to a database file.

Basic command sequence

1. Create a config file

A minimal config file (stored as new2.inf):

[Privilege Rights]
SeBatchLogonRight = *S-1-5-32-544,*S-1-5-32-551,*S-1-5-32-559,*S-1-5-21-1938875136-3881193919-344594422-1002
[Version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"

In this example, ,*S-1-5-21-1938875136-3881193919-344594422-1002 was added. The goal is to give the SeBatchLogonRight priviledge to a specific user.

If the Version section or the signature are removed, a database file is not created.

Get such file with all actual settings from the system:

secedit /export /cfg all-from-system.inf

2. Convert it to a database file

secedit /import /db new2.db /cfg new2.inf

3. Apply settings from the database to the system

secedit /configure /db new2.db

4. Validate system settings

secedit /export /cfg all-from-system-2.inf
fc /u all-from-system.inf all-from-system-2.inf

See the result of the comparison command.