Ensure 'Manage processing of Queue-specific files' is set to 'Enabled: Limit Queue-specific files to Color profiles'

HighLevel 1Automatedwindows

Description

This policy setting manages how queue-specific files are processed during printer installation. At printer installation time, a vendor-supplied installation application can specify a set of files, of any type, to be associated with a particular print queue. The files are downloaded to each client that connects to the print server. The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled: Limit Queue-specific files to Color profiles.

How it is checked

Audit method: Windows registry

registry

$bad = @(); $v = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers' -Name 'CopyFilesPolicy' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).'CopyFilesPolicy'; if (-not ($null -ne $v -and @(1) -contains [int64]$v)) { $bad += 'CopyFilesPolicy=' + $v }; if ($bad.Count -eq 0) { 'compliant' } else { 'non-compliant: ' + ($bad -join ', ') }

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Shell command

shell

if (-not (Test-Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers')) { New-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers' -Force | Out-Null }; New-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers' -Name 'CopyFilesPolicy' -Value 1 -PropertyType DWord -Force | Out-Null

Properties

Operating systems: windows-10
Tags: cis-convertedregistrywindows
Reference: CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Benchmark v4.0.0 - 18.7.10

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

shell

tmaegis scan --target windows