Turn off Heap termination on corruptionID: oval:gov.nist.usgcb.windowsseven:def:292 | Date: (C)2012-04-13 (M)2023-07-04 |
Class: COMPLIANCE | Family: windows |
Disabling heap termination on corruption can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer immediately, although Explorer may still terminate unexpectedly later.
Fix:
(1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer\Turn off heap termination on corruption
(2) REG: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer!NoHeapTerminationOnCorruption
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 7 |