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Hi Guys, I have been given a bunch of laptops from a school to set up for 'exam use'. The only application that is needed is Wordpad. Everything else removed/blocked. What is the best way to configure this? I've tried configuring wordpad to be the only application allowed through GPO but after applying this the preloaded windows 10 apps can still run. I tried running 'Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage' in powershell but this runs fine but does nothing. I then tried Kiosk mode but cant seem to use wordpad with this. I am currently looking into another app to use for this while I wait for the restore to finish where i accidentally locked myself out of all gpo settings.. These laptops are on Windows 10 for Education OS. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks! Tom.

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I've been asked to investigate whether we are using a 'normal' setup (whatever that means) for our word processed exams, and would be grateful for some insights into how others do this. Currently, we have the following setup: - One 'Examination' account with which everyone logs on - Group Policy blocks all programs except for wordpad.exe - We use Wordpad as it is a basic word processor without spellcheck (which we've found very difficult to disable in Word) - Pupils save their work to a memory stick The biggest drawback with this setup is that pupils have to remember to save their work regularly to the memory stick, and if a computer suffers a problem, work can be easily lost, which obviously isn't ideal in an exam scenario. I'd be grateful to know how others cope with exams, particularly whether there are any 'better' options than Wordpad, and whether there are better options than using memory sticks for saving work. The only way I can see it would be possible to save work to a network location would be for every pupil to have a separate logon, which would put the administration overhead through the roof. Any thoughts gratefully received!

Hi guys, Currently for exams we're using Microsoft Word with all proofing disabled for Exams, however it requires a manual set-up each time. Would it be best to use WordPad instead, is there anything I need to look out for or can WordPad just be opened and used right away? It seems ok to me but I don't know if I'm missing something, there is no proofing in Word Pad right? No way the user can get around it? Many thanks for your help.