Prompts to convert older databases must be enforced.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17603	DTOO137 - Access	SV-33673r1_rule		Medium

Description
When users open databases that were created in the Access 97 file format, Access 2010 prompts them to convert the database to a newer file format. Users can choose to convert the database or leave it in the older format. Disabling this setting enforces Access 2010 to prompt the users, and is therefore unlikely to cause usability issues.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Access 2010	2018-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-34130r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Access 2010 -> Miscellaneous “Do not prompt to convert older databases” must be “Disabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\access\settings Criteria: If the value NoConvertDialog is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-34130r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Access 2010 -> Miscellaneous “Do not prompt to convert older databases” must be “Disabled”.

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\access\settings

Criteria: If the value NoConvertDialog is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-29815r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Access 2010 -> Miscellaneous “Do not prompt to convert older databases” to “Disabled”.