MS Paint is here to stay

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.

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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?

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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.

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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

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