Turn off Help and Support Center "Did you know?" content
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication settings Description
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.
Registry
Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\HelpSvc Value name: Headlines
Enabled: Headlines = 0
Disabled: Headlines = 1
MDM / Intune (CSP)
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_ICM/HSS_HeadlinesPolicy Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)
Export Builder
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These exports write the registry — this is not a managed GPO. ⓘ
.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Turn off Help and Support Center "Did you know?" content
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\HelpSvc]
"Headlines"=dword:00000000More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Turn off Help and Support Center "Did you know?" content
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\HelpSvc'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Headlines' -Value 0 -Type DWordIntune XML
OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_ICM/HSS_HeadlinesPolicy
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Turn off Help and Support Center "Did you know?" content
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2
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
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\HelpSvc' -Name 'Headlines' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Turn off Help and Support Center "Did you know?" content
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\HelpSvc'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Headlines' -Value 0 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Turn off Help and Support Center "Did you know?" content
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2
# 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: Turn off Help and Support Center "Did you know?" content
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2
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
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\HelpSvc' -Name 'Headlines' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Turn off Help and Support Center "Did you know?" content
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\PCHealth\HelpSvc'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Headlines' -Value 0 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.