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Top ten security tips for non-technical users

I'm giving a presentation later this week to the staff at the company where I work. The goal of the presentation is to serve as a refresher/remidner of good practices that can help keep our network secure. The audience is made up of both programmers…
Justin
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Can I prevent users from closing a web browser window?

I have a Windows 8 machine that will be setup in a training room. The training modules run through a web browser. I don't want the users to be able to close the browser or open any other programs, so I'm using group policies to prevent access to…
smulholland2
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Split windows 7 screen into smaller sections

Once a upon a time I had an app that would allow you do divide up your monitor into small sections so when you hit the maximize button the window would only take up one section. Any idea of how or what that app was called?
NitroxDM
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Does Windows 7 make it any easier to upgrade downloaded applications on restricted users' desktops?

I'm regularly asked to login to a user's machine and upgrade their desktop's version of TweetDeck, or Flash, or Firefox, etc. I would love to let the end user just upgrade it themselves, especially for some of the apps that have an extremely simple…
Ken Pespisa
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Virtual Desktop Manager that mantain taskbar order in Windows 7

someone knows a VDM that keeps taskbar order when switching between desktops? I have tested several applications but none seems to be even interested in the problem. Is incredible anoying when I put the aplications in the order that I wan't and when…
mjsr
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Want to move window off top of desktop

I am on Windows 7 Pro. I want to move my browser window upwards so that it is partly off my desktop. The recommended way to do this is to activate the 'move' command with alt+space, then move the window up with the arrow key. It does move - but it…
orcadian
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