Windows Applocker was introduced in Windows 7 and includes some new features in Windows 11/10. With AppLocker, an administrator can block or allow certain users or user groups from installing or using ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

Learn how to best employ this Windows feature to lock down desktops. The AppLocker feature in Microsoft Windows 7 Professional lets administrators control which applications and scripts users can ...

Most users are familiar with Windows Defender (the antivirus tool built into Windows Security), which continuously monitors the system for suspicious software activity and also identifies and blocks ...

You can use SROs on any edition of Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 or Windows 8, whereas its successor and more feature-rich cousin, AppLocker — which I will detail in the next section — is ...

There are several obvious, basic steps to securing a computer: Keep it current with the latest operating system and application updates; ensure you've installed the latest anti-spyware and anti-virus ...

Windows 10 provides a few options including Autopilot and AppLocker to securely and remotely deploy Windows devices and harden them against attack. Remote deployment needs to be done securely. Not ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

It so happens that the topic of Whitelists vs. Blacklists comes up a lot when I’m talking to clients. The questions seem to always revolve around the pros and cons between these two methods of ...