I actually cannot guess what you have done... is svchost.exe running... can you see instances of it in task manager/processes? I actually don't know if windows can even start without it, and I don't know how you could interfere with it via gpedit.... but...
gerbil
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start/accessories/system tools and do a system restore back to the a day before you used gpedit to change SomethinG.
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you may have the blaster worm, that messes with RPC
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