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I would personally do this via group policy. <br />
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this article explains it pretty well<br />
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<a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-prevent-users-from-installing-programs-in-windows-7" rel="ugc">http://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-prevent-users-from-installing-programs-in-windows-7</a>
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I don't have access to Group policy. This only needs to be done on few machines. I want to know if there is any way to block apps with windows defender? or is this tool just for scanning the machines.
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Thank you Elliot and John for your answers.
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Thank you and I was happy to help.
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Is there any way to block any applications within the windows defender?? I don't want anyone to install one specific applications and if they try to install, windows defender somehow blocks it. can we somehow integrate this in sccm so that we can block these on all devices in our environment?
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Is there any way to block any applications within the windows defender?? I don't want anyone to install one specific applications and if they try to install, windows defender somehow blocks it. can we somehow integrate this in sccm so that we can block these on all devices in our environment?

Windows Defender

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows OS

Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM, formerly known as Systems Management Server) is Microsoft’s system software for managing large groups of not only Microsoft computers, but those running other operating systems, such as Linux, OS-X, and various mobile technologies.