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4.1.3.2 (L1) Ensure 'Prevent enabling lock screen slide show' is set to 'Enabled'

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Information

Disables the lock screen slide show settings in PC Settings and prevents a slide show from playing on the lock screen.

The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled

Disabling the lock screen slide show extends the protection afforded by the lock screen to slide show contents.

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Enabled

Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Personalization\Prevent enabling lock screen slide show

Impact:

If you enable this setting, users will no longer be able to modify slide show settings in PC Settings, and no slide show will ever start.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/21767

Item Details

References: CSCv7|16.11

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 6a4e443bbd0817881af4e3d6e61769852fae43579ab0168779080d593f92ebcc