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Should you activate Win10’s optional Application Guard?
Posted on August 30, 2021 at 02:43 CDT by Fred Langa • Comment in the ForumsLANGALIST
By Fred Langa
It’s disabled by default and comes with some serious gotchas … but it also can add an extra level of online security to Microsoft Office apps and to the Edge browser.
Here’s how to tell whether Microsoft Defender Application Guard is available on your PC and how to enable it if you wish to give it a try.
Plus: Sleuthing a user’s unusual Windows 7 to 10 activation issue!
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.33.0 (2021-08-30).
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