I'm currently running Windows 11 Pro and was playing around with the Group Policy Editor. My goal was to create a separate user account with specific restrictions, while allowing my main user full access. I went ahead and opened MMC, added the Group Policy snap-in for each user, and set various restrictions on a local user.
However, now my main admin account is having trouble accessing a USB storage device, which might be due to unintended changes I made during this process. I'm trying to find a way to reset all group policies back to default settings so that I can regain access to everything. Is that possible?
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Unfortunately, there's no simple button to revert Group Policy settings; you usually need to reinstall Windows to completely reset it. But can you tell me why you wanted to set up restrictions in the first place? That context could help find a better solution.
I see. Just a heads up, you can configure certain settings to limit access without going through those drastic measures. If things seem misconfigured, let’s dig into which policies might be in play here.
You can run a command: `gpresult /scope computer /v` in an Admin Command Prompt. This will show you the current policies in effect. If you find policies that shouldn't be applied, you can manually adjust them as needed.
I ran that cmd, but I'm still getting 'access denied' errors on the folder sharing. I can use the drive in my admin account, just not share the folder over the network.
I need to reset because I'm having tech support access my computer when I'm not around. I wanted to restrict that new user account so they can't access my personal files.