CCE-35261-7| Platform: win8.1 | Date: (C)2015-10-14 (M)2022-10-10 |
Prevent automatic discovery of feeds and Web Slices
This policy setting prevents users from having Internet Explorer automatically discover whether a feed or Web Slice is available for an associated webpage.
If you enable this policy setting, the user does not receive a notification on the toolbar that a feed or Web Slice is available.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user receives a notification when a feed or Web Slice is available and can click the feed discovery button.
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Technical Mechanism:
(1) GPO: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\RSS Feeds!Prevent automatic discovery of feeds and Web Slices
(2) REG: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Feed Discovery!Enabled
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| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29771 |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29771 |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29771 |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:29771 |
