Whether you’re dealing with users in your work environment or kids at home, being able to control what applications a user can use can prevent a lot of hassle and headaches. Windows 7 includes a new tool, called AppLocker, that lets you do just this by creating a policy to specify exactly what applications a user is allowed to run.
To access this feature, click start and enter Gpedit.msc. Then navigate to Computer Configuration | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Application Control Policies. Expand the Application Control Policies node and highlight AppLocker.
Here you can configure Executable Rules, Windows Installer Rules, and Script Rules. For example, highlight the Executable Rules node and right-click to select Create New Rule. You can then create a rule allowing or denying access to an executable based on such criteria as the file path or publisher.
And in case you’re in a hurry, AppLocker will let you apply default or automatic rules. There are a lot of options exposed in AppLocker—too many to cover in a short tip—so you’ll have to play around with it some to get a better idea of just how much this tool can do. Read More»
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October 21, 2007 by
Jason Here’s a lot of talk about the new user account control policy in Vista, and all I can say is: as it is, it annoys the hell out of me and slows down my normal computer usage. Just why, oh why, does it have to flash my video card to a black screen, take 5 seconds and really just make itself a royal pain in the arse?
To turn it off, the easiest way is to go into the Control Panel and type in ‘UAC‘ into the search bar. It’ll bring up a search result of ‘Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off’. Just follow the prompts from there.
To keep some of the security of the UAC, let’s just turn off the crazy annoying blacking out screen bit. To do this: Read More»
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The jury is still out on this tweak for speeding up the Internet connection in Windows XP PRO. I’m making no claims for it but it’s easy to do, and undo so see what you think….
The premise of the tip is that XP Pro (sorry XP Home users it doesn’t work for you…) is configured to reserve 20 percent of your available bandwidth for Windows housekeeping activities, downloading updates and so on. There’s some debate as to whether this is true or not but XP itself claims it to be the case. Read More»
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If you are running Vista Ultimate on a domain, you will notice that Parental Controls is disabled by default. In order to utilize Parental Controls so you can limit access to the web, set hours that the account can access the computer, what games can be played and what applications can be run, you will need to enable this functionality. Parental Controls can only be applied to standard users, not administrators. To enable this Parental Controls on a domain computer, follow these steps:
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