Users must not be presented with Privacy and Installation options on first use of Windows Media Player.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-225394	WN12-CC-000121	SV-225394r569185_rule		Low

Description
Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system. This setting prevents users from being presented with Privacy and Installation options on first use of Windows Media Player, which could enable some communication with the vendor.

Description

Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system. This setting prevents users from being presented with Privacy and Installation options on first use of Windows Media Player, which could enable some communication with the vendor.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-02-27

Details

Check Text ( C-27093r471524_chk )
Windows Media Player is not installed by default. If it is not installed, this is NA. If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer\ Value Name: GroupPrivacyAcceptance Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text (F-27081r471525_fix)
If Windows Media Player is installed, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Media Player -> "Do Not Show First Use Dialog Boxes" to "Enabled".