Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-16020	5.254	SV-25163r1_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 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-04-02

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”.