Policy

Turn off Help and Support Center "Did you know?" content

This policy setting specifies whether to show the "Did you know?" section of Help and Support Center. This content is dynamically updated when users who are connected to the Internet open Help and Support Center, and provides up-to-date information about Windows and the computer. If you enable this policy setting, the Help and Support Center no longer retrieves nor displays "Did you know?" content. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Help and Support Center retrieves and displays "Did you know?" content. You might want to enable this policy setting for users who do not have Internet access, because the content in the "Did you know?" section will remain static indefinitely without an Internet connection.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category System / Internet Communication Management / Internet Communication settings
Policy ID 5d9df7188a31
Internal name HSS_HeadlinesPolicy

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\HelpSvc\Headlines (enabled) = 0
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\HelpSvc\Headlines (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting specifies whether to show the "Did you know?" section of Help and Support Center. This content is dynamically updated when users who are connected to the Internet open Help and Support Center, and provides up-to-date information about Windows and the computer. If you enable this policy setting, the Help and Support Center no longer retrieves nor displays "Did you know?" content. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Help and Support Center retrieves and displays "Did you know?" content. You might want to enable this policy setting for users who do not have Internet access, because the content in the "Did you know?" section will remain static indefinitely without an Internet connection.

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