messed wth gpedit.msc, now operation cancelled..

[lagzor]

So I was in gpedit.msc and was configuring the "Don't run specified Windows applications" setting for a program. I restarted my computer then whenever I try to open anything (an application, .exe, cmd, firefox, etc), I get the message:

"This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. "

-I've tried going into safe mode as administrator, but I still get that error
-can't access system restore either
-its Windows XP SP2 machine
-I've tried doing a repair installation with Windows CD, but still get the error.


If I were to guess I might have improperly changed some settings in the gpedit, which disabled even gpedit from opening? :S

Anyone got any ideas?

[goofball]

try booting into a recovery environment (PE for example) and editing the computer registry that way (load hive, find registry file).

look in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer or under users, and make sure you don't have DisallowRun value. If you do, set it to 0 or just delete it.

[lagzor]

try booting into a recovery environment (PE for example) and editing the computer registry that way (load hive, find registry file).

look in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer or under users, and make sure you don't have DisallowRun value. If you do, set it to 0 or just delete it.

What this recovery environment? Is this this (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654)? I can't run that command in those instructions.