Information
This policy setting allows you to allow or deny remote access to the Plug and Play interface.
The recommended state for this setting is: 'Disabled'.
Rationale:
Allowing remote access to the Plug and Play interface could give hackers another attack vector to a system.
Solution
To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to 'Disabled:'
Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Device Installation\Allow remote access to the Plug and Play interface
Note: This Group Policy path may not exist by default.
It is provided by the Group Policy template 'DeviceInstallation.admx/adml' that is included with the Microsoft Windows 7 & Server 2008 R2 Administrative Templates (or newer).
Impact:
None - this is the default behavior.