Help Experience Improvement Program is disabled.

From Windows 2008 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of Help Experience Improvement Program

Associated with: CCI-000381

SV-29761r1_rule Help Experience Improvement Program is disabled.

Vulnerability discussion

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

Check content

If the following registry value doesn’t exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_Current_User Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Assistance\Client\1.0 Value Name: NoImplicitFeedback 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 Experience Improvement Program” to “Enabled”.

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