Title

Windows Help Ratings feedback must be turned off. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system. This setting ensures users cannot provide ratings feedback to Microsoft for Help content.

Check Content

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Registry Path: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Assistance\Client\1.0\ Value Name: NoExplicitFeedback Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Internet Communication Management -> Internet Communication Settings -> "Turn off Help Ratings" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-225539r569185_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-225539

Group Title: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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