application management

Group Policy settings may block automatic application updates. Blocked on-demand applications must be updated by other means before they can be used. Continue reading...

Assume I run a program from USB flash drive or network drive. It is not installed on the local Win 7 computer but it works. Hence when I go to menu START--->Control Panel--->Programs--->Default programs this program is NOT listed there as a possible application. So it cannot be defined as a...

Ok, this might get complicated. What I want is a user-level program that has the paths to virtual install locations, so I can test install applications without modifying the real program locations. I ideally want to do this in school, so I can play Roblox without actually installing it to the...

In the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Device Portal now offers several new tools from across Windows to help you location test your UWP, explore Mixed Reality, build new hardware peripherals and test your apps new installation pipeline. It’s a little bit of goodness for everyone, and we’re...

Device management in Windows IoT Core In Fall 2016, Microsoft announced Azure IoT Hub device management, providing the features and extensibility model, including an SDK for a wide range of platforms, to build robust device management solutions. With the recent release of the Windows 10...

When pinning a program to the taskbar, when you launch it it runs the actual executable then the application either runs for the first time, or if it's already running but minimized to the tray, it has to handle that 2nd exe instance -> terminate the second one -> un-minimize the currently...

Since installing the Windows 10 Anniversary update, booting has been slow and the PC is sluggish for a while. As soon as I could get Task Manager open I saw C: had 100% utilisation. I ran Resource Monitor and saw that MsMpEng apparently had a long list of my installed programs running at the...

I have Windows 8.1 Pro installed upgraded recently from Windows 7. Unfortunately I have a problem with the Store app constantly running at startup and it does not go away unless I manually Terminate it from the Task Manager. It seems to be ingrained with my Microsoft Account. Because even...

A little while back, my computer started telling me that over 60% of my CPU was being used up by something, even while nothing was running on my PC. I opened resource manager and it's the .NET Framework installation utility running and not doing anything but using up over half of my processor. I...

Thirty-fifth in a series. *Microsoft has released the preview of the upcoming Windows 8.1. With it came many changes to the operating system, application management and the store. Some, like the ability to use smaller or larger tile sizes or the option to uninstall multiple apps at once, have...

Hi how can i change the icon + name of the program from where located all the installed programs at windows 7 64 bit at the control panel. I got some apps i need to change their icons & the names to something else Thanks

How to close Apps in Windows 8? "There are 3 ways you can close metro apps in the new Windows 8: 1. If you have a touch screen tablet or laptop, touch your finger on the top of the screen and drag it all the way to the bottom. It will minimize and move the app from your way. 2. If you...

Remember that you can watch any of the videos in 720p HD! My mum loves Windows XP and pretty much doesn't want to use anything else. Windows 8 has been released and obviously she will need to update her operating system eventually. Before she updated to Windows 8 however I let her try it out...

Living with Microsoft Windows 7 for the next several years - Ubuntu Forums I recently purchased a brand new System76 Lemur Ultra: [SOLVED] March 2012 System76 Lemur Ultra laptop - Ubuntu Forums I plan to take my Educational Testing Service's Graduate Record Examination by September 30th...

I was going to go find these when another Forum Member beat me to it, LOL. Thanks for that!! Anyway, being the big, handy help that they are, I feel they should be a Sticky, though, not just sure in what section of our W8 Forum. Nor can I find or recall where his entry was or in what thread...

I have a learning center app - computer has about 10 logins each login is for a different class one is for MS Office one for Open Office one is for beginner etc. All programs are installed for all users, but some users do not have direct access to all programs. the MS Office and Open Office...

I find it folly to install my applications on the C drive, especially the larger applications. Doing so makes the C drive so large that it is cumbersome to make the image backups that I think are necessary to insure an easy recovery from any problem causing a failure to boot. In WinXP, there is...

Fixes an issue in which you cannot access allowed applications on a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue affects computers in a network environment, after you apply AppLocker rules by using Group Policy. More...

Hi, as stated in the subject, I wonder how to prevent windows from stealing focus from whatever your working on whenever some other running app, howvever unimportant, calls for attention? This focus-stealing drives me up a wall, and it's not helpful at all for keeping ones train-of-thought...

Hi I have installed SharePoint 2010 on my Windows 7 laptop, and it works fine. But all the services that are installed will always start and use a lot of resources, even when I don't use the application. It is possible to only start all the involved services (like SQL Server, IIS etc.)...