How do I Disable Group Policies in Win7 Home Premium


  1. blevensd
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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    How do I Disable Group Policies in Win7 Home Premium


    I installed Windows Tweaks V4.0 and now I can no longer change my settings in Win7. For example, After exiting Windows Tweaks, my notification icons had all disappeared. When I tried to re-enable them, Win7 said my network admin had disabled my ability to make changes to my PC via Group Policies. My PC is in my home, not on a Network and I AM the Admin, yet I am locked out. I have Win7 Home Premium so I do not have a 'Group Policy Manager' program. Also, I can not disable the 'Group Policy Client' Servicesa either. I restored back to before I installed Windows Tweak and Windows Tweaks is gone but the policies remain and I am unable to modify anything. Is there a way aroound this without re-installing Win7 from scratch?
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  3. event3horizon
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    delete the C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy folder and it should reset anything that was modified.
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  4. Brink
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    Hello Blevensd, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    If that program only made group policy changes, then you could use the tutorial below to easily reset group policy back to default.

    Local Group Policy - Reset to Default

    If that doesn't help, then you could do a system restore using a restore point (if available) dated before you installed the program to undo and fix this.

    Hope this helps,
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