Details

This policy setting configures the retrieval of online tips and help for the Settings app.

The recommended state for this setting is: Disabled.

Rationale:

Due to privacy concerns, data should never be sent to any 3rd party since this data could contain sensitive information.

Impact:

Settings will not contact Microsoft content services to retrieve tips and help content.

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to Disabled:

Computer ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesControl PanelAllow Online Tips

Note: This Group Policy path may not exist by default. It is provided by the Group Policy template ControlPanel.admx/adml that is included with the Microsoft Windows 10 Release 1709 Administrative Templates (or newer).

Default Value:

Enabled. (Settings will contact Microsoft content services to retrieve tips and help content.)

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3450

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-7
• CSCv6|9.1
• CSCv7|9.2

Source

• Tenable.com/audits