Disable New Software Installation
Blocks new software installations across multiple layers - stopping every type of Windows Installer package and closing the per-user side-load path.
Block specific apps, installers, file types and tools from launching on the PC by name and signature.
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Blocks new software installations across multiple layers - stopping every type of Windows Installer package and closing the per-user side-load path.
Blocks WhatsApp (Meta/Facebook end-to-end-encrypted consumer messaging product).
Blocks Microsoft Teams (unified Teams chat/video/collaboration product, fka Lync, fka Skype for Business).
Blocks Google Meet (browser-based G Suite / Google Workspace video conferencing product, fka Google Hangouts Meet, fka Google Duo for groups).
Blocks every shipped Zoom Video Communications desktop app so any launch attempt fails.
Blocks the LinkedIn app and the LinkedIn website - feed, jobs, messaging and profiles - in Chrome and Edge.
Blocks Pinterest (the Pinterest Inc. visual-discovery / image-bookmark social network, >500 M monthly active users).
Blocks Snapchat (the Snap Inc. ephemeral-messaging / Stories / Spotlight short-form video network, >400 M daily active users).
Blocks TikTok (the ByteDance short-form video network, >150 M U.S. monthly users + >1 B global).
Blocks Reddit (the link-aggregator / discussion-forum site, >100 M daily active users post-IPO 2024).
Blocks Meta's Threads, the microblogging service spun out of Instagram. Threads has no Windows desktop app - it is web-only - so this blocks the Threads website in Chrome and Edge.
Prevents the Telegram desktop and Microsoft Store apps from opening, and blocks the Telegram website in Chrome and Edge so the web version cannot be used either.
Prevents the Facebook and Messenger apps from opening and blocks the Facebook and Messenger websites in Chrome and Edge, so the whole Meta surface is unavailable.
Prevents the Messenger app from opening and blocks the Messenger website in Chrome and Edge.