Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R33

CurrentPublished Wed Jun 17 2020

Group Policy objects will be reprocessed even if they have not changed.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Group Policy objects will be reprocessed even if they have not changed.

Description

Discussion Text

Enabling this setting and then selecting the "Process even if the Group Policy objects have not changed" option ensures that the policies will be reprocessed even if none have been changed. This way, any unauthorized changes are forced to match the domain-based group policy settings again.

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Objective

V-4448

Rule

SV-32364r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

3.112

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey:  Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{35378EAC-683F-11D2-A89A-00C04FBBCFA2}

Value Name:  NoGPOListChanges

Type:  REG_DWORD
Value:  0

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Group Policy "Registry Policy Processing" to "Enabled" and select the option "Process even if the Group Policy objects have not changed".

STIG check 272 of 291 in the Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server STIG checklist

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