Using Win7's AppLocker function to disable related software from running

When using computer
, do you sometimes want to disable certain software in your computer
? Or for some parents, they were once addicted to the game because they liked a certain game. At these times, you can use Win7's AppLocker feature to disable related software and games to solve your troubles. Let's take a look at how it works together.

First, before running AppLocker, first check if the Application Identity service is enabled, because the service is stopped by default. Right click on “computer", select “manage"" "services & applications">""service”, find the Application Identity service, double click to enter, click “start” then confirm can.

Then, click on the Start menu ——Run ——Enter gpedit.msc to open the Local Policy Group Editor. In the left window, go to “Computer Configuration”->“Windows
Settings 

Security Settings”->“Application Control Strategy”- >“Applocker”.

Expand Applocker after, you will see & ldquo; Executable Rules & rdquo;, & ldquo; Windows Installer failure & rdquo; and & ldquo; & rdquo ;, script rules we are against these three items Right , select “Create default rule”.

Let's take a look at how to disable QQ:

Click on "Executable Program", then right click on the right side of the window and select "Create new rule".

Permissions" Steps: The action is set to “Reject", the user can select “Everyone" or specify the account.

Conditions  Steps: The most insured is to limit the conditions of the "publisher", that is, the current large software related programs are signed by the software publisher, using this Rules, you can limit all the programs that have the signature, which avoids the "path" rule to modify the path to run, or the "file hash" rule to change the version can run the evasive means. For the convenience of presentation, here we choose “publisher”.

Publisher”Settings:"Browse"> Find the main program file of QQ. After selecting, the relevant information of the program will appear automatically. In the slide button, we select “Publisher”.

Exceptions> Settings: After the previous step, all programs with Tencent official signatures will not run, such as QQ, QQ music, QQ browser and other Tencent series software, even including the installation program. If you need to allow a program to run separately, you can add it as an exception here.

Name” Settings: The final step is to set the rule name. You can give this rule an easily recognizable name.

If you are currently creating the first rule, then there will be a default rule creation prompt after completion, you need to click “ is ”, allow the creation of default rules, so that you do not set the rules to make the system The file program is restricted. After the rule is successfully created, restart the computer to take effect. When used to attempt to run any program with Tencent's official signature, the operation will be blocked. This rule works regardless of how the user changes the file path and version.

Sometimes your computer is being used by others, and you don't want others to open a program. At this time, you can use the AppLocker function to disable the related software from running the specified program. It is very good to protect your privacy, and interested users can look at it.