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Re:MS Paint is here to stay by landr0id on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:43AM (#14845372)
Snipping tool doesn't exist on hospital PCs?
Re:MS Paint is here to stay by Jaruzel on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:49AM (#14845404)
Centralised Group Policy Objects (GPOs) on the Windows Domain, can block any EXE that's on the machine, or a customised deployment image of Windows 10 can even be configured to not installed any of the built in applications. So yes, no snipping tool on a deployed installation of Windows 10 is a real scenario.

Also, GPOs can (and do) disable the Windows Store. So moving MSPaint to the Windows Store does not make as available as having it pre-installed.

Re:MS Paint is here to stay by praseodym on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:58AM (#14845443)
If a machine is blocking built-in applications, why would it have MSPaint available? Or is it an application that cannot be blocked, which would be a security vulnerability?
Re:MS Paint is here to stay by Jaruzel on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @02:18AM (#14845531)
I spent 10 years doing corporate desktop deployments of Windows. You'd be surprised at the crazy requests from the business regarding what they did and didn't want pre-installed.
Re:MS Paint is here to stay by mrkrabo on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:56AM (#14845433)
If no Snipping Tool because of GPO is a real scenario, no Paint because of GPO is a real scenario too
Re:MS Paint is here to stay by jmkni on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @02:03AM (#14845459)
Context menus close when you use the snipping tool.
Re:MS Paint is here to stay by ralish on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @02:42AM (#14845628)
Hence the Delay option.
Re:MS Paint is here to stay by jmkni on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @10:43AM (#14848059)
Had no idea this existed.

Still, there are times when you have a weird error you need to screenshot, and you know that if you move the mouse or hit anything other than the print screen button, it will go away.

Paint made this scenario very easy to deal with.

Re:MS Paint is here to stay by kyberias on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @07:37AM (#14846919)
Thanks. I've always struggled with this and only now realized that Delay-option in Snipping tool.