From time to time, you may need to access the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) to configure advanced system settings that are not available through the standard Settings app or Control Panel.

If you are using Windows Home Edition, you need to add the Local Group Policy Editor to your computer. See this post if Windows cannot find GPEDIT.MSC on Windows Pro/Enterprise or Education editions.

If you configured too many Group Policy settings, you can reset all policies to their defaults, and here's how.

Before you go forward with the process, keep in mind that Group Policy Editor is present in Windows Home editions by default, if you want, you can add GPEDIT to Windows Home edition using this guide.