The 'Prevent access to registry editing tools' setting should be configured correctly. enabled/disabled (1) GPO: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Prevent access to registry editing tools (2) Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools CCE-405 Worksheet: User Policy Settings; Row: 8 Setting Index #278: This policy setting disables the Windows registry editors Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe. oval:org.secpod.oval:def:14783 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 CM-3 NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-6 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 Microsoft Security Compliance Management Toolkit for Windows 7, Windows 7 Security Baseline Settings.xlsm 2009-10-01 Microsoft Security Compliance Management Toolkit for Windows 7, Windows 7 Security Baseline.xml 2009-10-01 SCAP Repo OVAL Definition 2013-08-13 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