Disabling/Removing Telemetry

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Most of the discussion about Telemetry leading up to Win 10 is in other subforums so here is a post with some links for the Win 7 crowd.

 

A single script that worked well for me.  It uninstalls the KBs, hides them, disables tasks and kills services.  It is not my script: https://github.com/WindowsLies/BlockWindows/blob/master/BlockWindows.bat

 

A set of scripts, some of which I used successfully but are not mine: https://github.com/WindowsLies/BlockWindows

 

Guide from the Win 10 subforum: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/172856-guideway-to-disable-keylogger-telemetry-v21/

 

Relevant from the Win 8 subforum: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/173752-how-to-avoid-being-upgraded-to-win-10-against-your-will

 

We do currently have a sticky that points to the Win 8 thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/173753-how-to-avoid-being-upgraded-to-win-10-against-your-will/