Last time, I set up AppLocker and had a terrible experience.The accounting system wouldn't work.PowerShell wouldn't open ...

Controlling applications on individual workstations is one of the most critical -- and difficult -- tasks that administrators face. The software restriction policies feature was designed to control ...

Microsoft’s AppLocker, the application control feature included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, is an improvement on the Software Restriction Policies (SRP) introduced with Windows XP ...

Users like to download all sorts of software to enterprise desktops, including music, photos, "productivity tools," games and Internet browsers. This is a monumental headache for the IT staffers ...

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 ...

In the absence of many dramatically new product announcements (notices about the Office 2010 technical preview and Windows Mobile 6.5 were already expected), it was Senior Vice President Bill Veghte's ...