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Protect Workers and Infrastructure
People who run unauthorized software often experience a higher incidence of malware infections and generate more help desk calls. We understand how difficult it can be for IT departments to make sure that user PCs are running only approved, licensed software. With Windows 7, you’ll get even greater control over which applications can run on PCs.
AppLocker
In Windows 7, we’ve enhanced application control policies with AppLocker, a flexible and easily adminis- tered mechanism with which you can specify exactly what is allowed to run on user PCs. As a result, you’ll be able to standardize applications for better
security and operations.
AppLocker provides simple, powerful,
With the Audit Only Enforcement Mode setting, you can determine which applica- tions are used in an organization and test rules before deploying them. When the AppLocker policy for a rule collection is set to Audit Only, rules for that rule collection are not enforced. However, before applica- tions are deployed, you can import rules into AppLocker and test them using the Audit Only enforcement mode.