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August 2nd, 2015, 11:59 AM
If this doesn't belong/deserve its own thread please feel free to merge ...
This thread will be a hot soup of collections of info and workarounds for the new Windows 10 OS found online.
If anyone was unaware Microsoft has renewed its Privacy Policy and Service Agreement. The new services agreement goes into effect on 1 August 2015:
"We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to”, for example, “protect their customers” or “enforce the terms governing the use of the services”. https://edri.org/microsofts-new-small-print-how-your-personal-data-abused/
The new Windows 10 has a fair few things that can be disabled and altered to better help protect your personal data, hopefully this helps some VC members who still value such things as privacy. The following will be bits'n'pieces of information from around the net, but I have tried everything myself and can verify that they work.
Head to Settings > Privacy, and disable everything, unless there are some things you really need.
While within the Privacy page, go to Feedback, select Never in the first box, and Basic in the second box.
Head to Settings > Update and Security > Advanced Options > Choose how updates are delivered, and turn the first switch off.
Disable Cortana by clicking the Search bar/icon.
Disable web search in Search by going to Settings, and turning off Search online and include web results.
Open up the Command Prompt by launching cmd as an administrator, and enter the following:
sc delete DiagTrack
sc delete dmwappushservice
echo "" > C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl
Open up the Group Policy Editor by launching gpedit.msc as an administrator. Go through Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Data Collection and Preview Builds. Double click Telemetry, hit Disabled, then apply.
While still in the Group Policy Editor, go through Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > OneDrive, double click Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage, hit Enabled, then apply.While still in the Group Policy Editor, go through Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender, double click Turn Off Windows Defender, hit Enabled, then apply.
Open up the Registry Editor by launching regedit as an administrator. Go through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollection, select AllowTelemetry, change its value to 0, then apply.
In GPEdit.msc:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender, double click Turn Off Windows Defender, hit Enabled, then apply.
(Replace with a good Anti-Virus)
Right Click Start Menu > Computer Management > Expand 'Task Scheduler' > Expand 'Task Scheduler Library' > Expand 'Microsoft' > Expand 'Windows' > Click on 'Application Experience' > Disable all Tasks in Folder > Click on 'Customer Experience Improvement Program' > Disable all Tasks in Folder
Optional: Click on 'Task Scheduler Library' > Disable any Tasks you don't want Enabled.
In Computer Management > Expand 'Services and Applications' > Click on 'Services' > Right Click on 'Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service' > Properties > Startup Type 'Disabled' > Stop if running.
Also very helpful is Take Ownership http://cdn5.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/TakeOwnership.zip Then go to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc, and take ownership of the hosts file. After you take ownership of the file head on over to: http://paste2.org/A1sv86VF and copy/paste it into your host file and save.
I have some other stuff too, for getting rid of OneDrive and other things. If anyone wants those too let me know.
Cheers.
This thread will be a hot soup of collections of info and workarounds for the new Windows 10 OS found online.
If anyone was unaware Microsoft has renewed its Privacy Policy and Service Agreement. The new services agreement goes into effect on 1 August 2015:
"We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to”, for example, “protect their customers” or “enforce the terms governing the use of the services”. https://edri.org/microsofts-new-small-print-how-your-personal-data-abused/
The new Windows 10 has a fair few things that can be disabled and altered to better help protect your personal data, hopefully this helps some VC members who still value such things as privacy. The following will be bits'n'pieces of information from around the net, but I have tried everything myself and can verify that they work.
Head to Settings > Privacy, and disable everything, unless there are some things you really need.
While within the Privacy page, go to Feedback, select Never in the first box, and Basic in the second box.
Head to Settings > Update and Security > Advanced Options > Choose how updates are delivered, and turn the first switch off.
Disable Cortana by clicking the Search bar/icon.
Disable web search in Search by going to Settings, and turning off Search online and include web results.
Open up the Command Prompt by launching cmd as an administrator, and enter the following:
sc delete DiagTrack
sc delete dmwappushservice
echo "" > C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl
Open up the Group Policy Editor by launching gpedit.msc as an administrator. Go through Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Data Collection and Preview Builds. Double click Telemetry, hit Disabled, then apply.
While still in the Group Policy Editor, go through Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > OneDrive, double click Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage, hit Enabled, then apply.While still in the Group Policy Editor, go through Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender, double click Turn Off Windows Defender, hit Enabled, then apply.
Open up the Registry Editor by launching regedit as an administrator. Go through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollection, select AllowTelemetry, change its value to 0, then apply.
In GPEdit.msc:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender, double click Turn Off Windows Defender, hit Enabled, then apply.
(Replace with a good Anti-Virus)
Right Click Start Menu > Computer Management > Expand 'Task Scheduler' > Expand 'Task Scheduler Library' > Expand 'Microsoft' > Expand 'Windows' > Click on 'Application Experience' > Disable all Tasks in Folder > Click on 'Customer Experience Improvement Program' > Disable all Tasks in Folder
Optional: Click on 'Task Scheduler Library' > Disable any Tasks you don't want Enabled.
In Computer Management > Expand 'Services and Applications' > Click on 'Services' > Right Click on 'Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service' > Properties > Startup Type 'Disabled' > Stop if running.
Also very helpful is Take Ownership http://cdn5.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/TakeOwnership.zip Then go to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc, and take ownership of the hosts file. After you take ownership of the file head on over to: http://paste2.org/A1sv86VF and copy/paste it into your host file and save.
I have some other stuff too, for getting rid of OneDrive and other things. If anyone wants those too let me know.
Cheers.