5.255 - Help Experience Improvement Program is disabled.

Information

This check verifies that the Windows Help Experience Improvement Program is disabled to prevent information from being passed to the vendor.

Solution

Configure the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Internet Communication Management -> Internet Communication Settings -> 'Turn off Help Experience Improvement Program' to 'Enabled'.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/Oct2016/U_Windows_Vista_V6R41_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-16977r1_rule, STIG-ID|5.255, Vuln-ID|V-16021

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: da333a4b5cb7b4f1e5de6c257fc830fc2b94113b7d0011726505bbc2eb77c625