The "Windows Firewall: Prohibit notifications" setting should be configured correctly for the Standard Profile. (1) enabled/disabled (1) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications CCE-901 5.2.1.1.2.9 Prohibit notifications (SP2 only) ProhibitNotificationsStandardProfile oval:gov.nist.fdcc.xpfirewall:def:5109 oval:gov.nist.USGCB.xpfirewall:def:5109 BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 Jericho Forum HIPAA/HITECH Act FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL-- ISO/IEC 27001-2005 COBIT 4.1 GAPP (Aug 2009) NERC CIP NIST SP800-53 R3 AC-4 NIST SP800-53 R3 SC-7 PCIDSS v2.0 FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL-- BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 CCE Version 4.2 2008-02-15 Windows XP Professional Operating System Legacy, Enterprise, and Specialized Security Benchmark Consensus Baseline Security Settings The Center for Internet Security 2005-08-01 Version 2.01 Jeff Shawgo Sidney Faber Nancy Whitney Prose(pdf) FDCC: Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Firewall for IT Professional (XCCDF Benchmark) NIST 2008-01-10 XCCDF FDCC: Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Firewall for IT Professional (OVAL Definitions) NIST 2008-01-10 OVAL SCAP Repo OVAL Definition 2012-04-13 BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0 2012-10-12 Jericho Forum 2012-10-12 HIPAA/HITECH Act 2012-10-12 ISO/IEC 27001-2005 2012-10-12 COBIT 4.1 2012-10-12 GAPP (Aug 2009) 2012-10-12 NERC CIP 2012-10-12 NIST SP800-53 R3 2012-10-12 PCIDSS v2.0 2012-10-12 BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0 2012-10-12