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  • Using Windows 8 AppLocker and application sideloading in Windows 8

    Windows 8 AppLocker, which IT can use to set policies for which apps can run on enterprise desktops, should be in every administrator's toolbox. Tip   |   SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com

  • Windows 8 Task Manager: Finding and using its updated features

    The Windows 8 Task Manager still launches when you strike the Ctrl-Alt-Esc key combination, and it's still very much available in Desktop view by right-clicking inside the taskbar. But what Task Manager shows you and how it works are very much... Tutorial   |   SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com

  • How to find and use the Windows 8 start menu and admin tools

    As OEMs market Microsoft's latest desktop operating system, many users and IT professionals still have questions about the Windows 8 user interface. Is it a winner or a loser? Do we really want to be thinking outside the box for enterprise... Opinion   |   SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com

  • Windows 8 tools build on native Windows 7 utilities with new capabilities

    Like every previous version of Microsoft's operating system, Windows 8 includes its share of native tools. Most of these Windows 8 tools are left over from Windows 7. This shouldn't be a big surprise, since Windows 8 has been widely described as... Tip   |   SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com

  • Why a Windows security scan is not enough to protect your workstations

    Think you have a true picture from a Windows security scan of the status of enterprise desktops? Better think again. Practically every desktop I come across that's assumed to be "hardened" and "compliant" has numerous security holes -- many of... Opinion   |   SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com

  • IT needs to keep up with workers who use desktop cloud backup

    How are the cloud backup services for your enterprise workstations working out? What, you don't use cloud backup services? That may be how IT operates, but odds are your users are taking advantage of desktop cloud backup and syncing services... Tip   |   SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com

  • Microsoft addresses legacy apps with Windows 8 app compatibility tools

    New desktop operating systems often bring IT administrators unwelcome surprises. Sometimes applications work as expected, sometimes they don't work at all and sometimes apps behave strangely. Microsoft is attempting to ease the transition to... Tip   |   SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com

  • How to protect Windows startup from a compressed Boot Manager file

    I just got a Windows startup error on boot that says "BOOTMGR is compressed." What happened?

    BOOTMGR, or Boot Manager, is a hidden system file that's part of the Windows startup process. At startup, the boot sector on your system... Answer   |   SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com

  • Windows Phone 8 security should be part of any mobile device strategy

    Network administrators are seeing their control of mobile devices dwindle, even as security risks are growing by leaps and bounds. Much of the hype lately has been around iOS- and Android-based devices, but what about Windows Phone 8 security in... Tip   |   SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com

  • Windows 8 updates, mini Surface tablets on the horizon

    Microsoft has confirmed it will show the next Windows 8 update at the Microsoft Build 2013 developer conference in June, but the jury is still out on whether the next update will get enterprises to adopt the operating system anytime... News   |   SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com

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