3.10.20.1.3 (L2) Ensure 'Turn off Help Experience Improvement Program (User)' is set to 'Enabled'

Information

This policy setting specifies whether users can participate in the Help Experience Improvement program. The Help Experience Improvement program collects information about how customers use Windows Help so that Microsoft can improve it.

The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled

Large enterprise managed environments may not want to have information collected by Microsoft from managed client computers.

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Enabled

Administrative Templates\System\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication Settings\Turn off Help Experience Improvement Program

Impact:

Users cannot participate in the Help Experience Improvement program.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/16853

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 6455f76d9bb6569d635c7401000196e19417b35c37a50fdcff68eef8067e459e