local group policy editor

I have created three user accounts on my computer. Admin, Maint and operator...added the operator account to the group policy snap-in with very restricted policies. Problem is I have somehow associated the Admin and maint as well, how do I reset the local group policy back to default settings? I need to recover the admin capabilities to make changes to the computers.

Hi, I may have a very similar problem. I was researching how to prevent users of a PC from using internet explorer and google chrome in order to prevent web browsing. I found a website that directed me to run gpedit.mmc, and then find "limit which programs can be run". Well, I didn't realize that this would apply to all users of the computer. So I have effectively made it so that even when logged in as the administrator, I can't open any program including the command promt except for excel. Will option 3 from the link provided allow me to reset the group policy back to default? I can't open command prompt even if I select "run as administrator."

Thanks to anyone who can help!

Thanks Brink. When I run the vbs file, I get the same message I get when I try to run any other application, "this operation had been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please see your system administrator."

Same when I try to run mmc or gpedit.....

Thank Brink. That is the news I was hoping for. I am a little surprised that gpedit.mmc will allow a person to do completely render the computer useless without a warning message or something. After all, I can't even install a program from a cd without windows triple verifying that I really really want to do this.:)

I was concerned about rebooting the computer because at least my outlook is currently open. I'll give the reboot a try in the morning and will post the result here afterwards.

Thank you again for your help!!

Brink,

That did the trick. Thanks so much for the help!

Note to self: stop messing with your computer.........