Title

Group Policy objects are not reprocessed if they have not changed. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Enabling this setting and then selecting the "Process even if the Group Policy objects have not changed" option ensures that the policies will be reprocessed even if none have been changed. This way, any unauthorized changes are forced to match the domain-based group policy settings again.

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Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Group Policy -> “Registry policy processing” to “Enabled”, and select the option “Process even if the Group Policy objects have not changed”. Windows Server 2008 has another policy setting in this area with the same title however with the first letters capitalized (Registry Policy Processing vs. Registry policy processing). The correct version for this requirement is the one that uses lower case. The other one can also be verified by viewing the Explain tab of the policy which will state “Registry Client-Side Extension (CSE) policy processing settings”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-29379r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-4448

Group Title: Group Policy - Registry Policy Processing

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