The Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program will be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-16020	5.254	SV-32440r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This check verifies that the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled so information is not passed to the vendor.

STIG	Date
Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-03-14

Details

Check Text ( C-16743r1_chk )
If the following registry value doesn’t exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_Local_Machine Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows Value Name: CEIPEnable Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0

Fix Text (F-16061r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Internet Communication Management -> Internet Communication Settings -> “Turn off Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program” to “Enabled”.