STIGUI
V-253399CAT II — Medium severitySV-253399r1259989_rule

Windows 11 must be configured to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting.

Rule version WN11-CC-000252 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting is intended for use with games; however, it could record screenshots of other applications and expose sensitive data. Disabling the feature will prevent this from occurring.

Note: A different registry location is needed when systems are managed by Intune versus GPO.

Check

This is NA for Windows 11 LTSC.

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR\ (For GPO-managed systems) Or Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\ApplicationManagement (For Intune-managed systems)

Value Name: AllowGameDVR

Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000000 (0)

Fix

For GPO-managed systems: Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting >> "Enables or disables Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting" to "Disabled".

For Intune-managed systems: Revise the Intune policy to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-253399
Group title
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
Rule ID
SV-253399r1259989_rule
Check ID
C-56852r1259987_chk
Fix ID
F-56802r1259988_fix