But she needed to stop software installs, too. She went to: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System . She enabled and “Don’t run specified Windows applications” (adding setup.exe , installer.exe ).
She opened her laptop. She remembered: Group Policy Editor is only available on Windows Pro, Enterprise, or Education . Her laptop had Windows Pro. Good. (Home users would need a registry hack or third-party tool.) how to open group policy editor
Subject: How to Open Group Policy Editor (A Useful Story) But she needed to stop software installs, too
She closed the editor. The changes weren’t instant—Group Policy updates in the background or at next login. To force an update, she opened Command Prompt as admin and typed: gpupdate /force She opened her laptop
The Night Maria Saved the Printers
Her senior, Dave, was on vacation. Maria had two options: panic or learn fast. She knew there was a tool to lock down Windows machines—the . But she’d never opened it on her own.
She pressed Enter. A User Account Control prompt appeared. She clicked “Yes.”