SV-253399r1259989: Windows 11 must be configured to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting. | Microsoft Windows 11 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Windows 11 must be configured to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting.

Description

Discussion Text

Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting is intended for use with games; however, it could record screenshots of other applications and expose sensitive data. Disabling the feature will prevent this from occurring. Note: A different registry location is needed when systems are managed by Intune versus GPO.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000381

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 11 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 11 5471

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.windows11:def:253399
# Windows 11 must be configured to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# AllowGameDVR is disabled
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return ((((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR').GetValueKind('AllowGameDVR').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR' -Name 'AllowGameDVR' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'AllowGameDVR') -eq 0)) -or (((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\ApplicationManagement').GetValueKind('AllowGameDVR').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\ApplicationManagement' -Name 'AllowGameDVR' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'AllowGameDVR') -eq 0)))
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows11:def:253399
$registryPaths = @("HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\ApplicationManagement")
$expectedValue = 0
foreach ($path in $registryPaths) {
    if (Test-Path $path) {
        $regValue = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name "AllowGameDVR").AllowGameDVR
        if ($regValue -ne $expectedValue) {
            Write-Output "FAIL"
            exit 1
        }
    }
}
Write-Output "PASS"
exit 0

Remediation

For GPO-managed systems:
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting >> "Enables or disables Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting" to "Disabled".

For Intune-managed systems:
Revise the Intune policy to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting.