The system is configured to prevent background refresh of Group Policy.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-3469	3.080	SV-29605r2_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
If this setting is enabled, then Group Policy settings are not refreshed while a user is currently logged on. This could lead to instances when a user does not have the latest changes to a policy applied and is therefore operating in an insecure context.

STIG	Date
Windows 2003 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-07-09

Details

Check Text ( None )
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Fix Text (F-5684r1_fix)
Configure the system to require Group Policy background refresh by setting the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Group Policy “Turn Off Background Refresh of Group Policy” to “Disabled”.