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.

Check Content

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{35378EAC-683F-11D2-A89A-00C04FBBCFA2} Value Name: NoGPOListChanges Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0

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”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-29378r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-4448

Group Title: Group Policy - Registry Policy Processing

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