Limit remote access to the Event Log Service
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 12, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows 11 Version 22H1
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Event Log Service Description
This policy setting controls which remote users will be allowed to connect to the Event Log service on this machine. If you enable this policy, you can restrict which group remote users must be a member of in order to connect to the Event Log Service on this machine. You can require that remote users be a member of one of the following builtin groups: • Authenticated Users • EventLog Readers • Administrators If you disable or do not configure this policy, the default value will be Authenticated Users. For prior versions of Windows, only Authenticated Users was supported. To maintain backwards compatability, local connections to the service will always be allowed from Authenticated Users. This setting does not control access to individual logs. Once a remote connection is allowed, it will still need access to the specific resources it is attempting to use.
Registry
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog Value name: EnableRemoteRpcAccessRestrictions
Enabled: EnableRemoteRpcAccessRestrictions = 1
Disabled: EnableRemoteRpcAccessRestrictions = 0
Export Builder
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Limit remote access to the Event Log Service
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows 11 Version 22H1
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog]
"EnableRemoteRpcAccessRestrictions"=dword:00000001
"RpcAccess_Remote_Setting"=dword:00000000More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Limit remote access to the Event Log Service
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Version 22H1
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'EnableRemoteRpcAccessRestrictions' -Value 1 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'RpcAccess_Remote_Setting' -Value 0 -Type DWordIntune XML
No direct Policy CSP / OMA-URI mapping for this policy. Use the Intune Remediation tab, or ingest the ADMX in Intune.Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Limit remote access to the Event Log Service
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Version 22H1
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog' -Name 'EnableRemoteRpcAccessRestrictions' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog' -Name 'RpcAccess_Remote_Setting' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Limit remote access to the Event Log Service
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Version 22H1
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'EnableRemoteRpcAccessRestrictions' -Value 1 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'RpcAccess_Remote_Setting' -Value 0 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Limit remote access to the Event Log Service
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Version 22H1
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Limit remote access to the Event Log Service
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Version 22H1
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog' -Name 'EnableRemoteRpcAccessRestrictions' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog' -Name 'RpcAccess_Remote_Setting' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Limit remote access to the Event Log Service
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 11 Version 22H1
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'EnableRemoteRpcAccessRestrictions' -Value 1 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'RpcAccess_Remote_Setting' -Value 0 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.