I was trying to restrict access on a computer for the primary login. I wanted to make it so that the only thing that could be accessed is one program. Well I managed to do this with gpedit, however I was under the impression that what you edited with gpedit only took effect on the name you are logged in under. I was wrong and it applied it to all the accounts including the two administrator accounts. So I have 2 questions, how can I reverse what I did, right now I can only access on program but nothing else. The second question is whats the right way to restrict everything but one program. Please help ASAP, there are going to be some angry people if I don't get this fixed soon.
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Help, I screwed up with gpedit
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safe mode might be able to get around it
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Did it apply it to the root account as well?
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It sounds like you used gpedit UNDER administrator privileges! Oohps.
There may be a work around. I tried once... propagating "full access" to everything under the c: drive. This allows you access to all data and to create backups. But all the rights are now set to max... so you will then need to fix each user account, and possibly each resource right. A headache. Once you've backed up your data, reinstall the OS.
If you find an easier approach to "repair" security, please post here.