The system must be configured to permit the default consent levels of Windows Error Reporting to override any other consent policy setting.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-57479	WINER-000018	SV-71973r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This setting determines the behavior of the "Configure Default Consent" setting in relation to custom consent settings. Enabling this allows the default consent levels of Windows Error Reporting to always override any other consent policy setting.

STIG	Date
Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-01-30

Details

Check Text ( C-58401r1_chk )
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\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Consent\ Value Name: DefaultOverrideBehavior Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text (F-62769r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Error Reporting -> Consent -> "Ignore custom consent settings" to "Enabled".