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Windows 10 Privacy Settings

Improve privacy on Windows 10

From LTT

Disable Telemetry

  • Change privacy settings in Windows’ Settings app
  • Disable Telemetry
  • Open a command prompt as Administrator, then type:
  REM The space after start= is a must 
  sc diagtrack start= disabled
  sc stop diagtrack 

Service Changes Hold the Windows key and press R, then type services.msc and choose OK

  • Background Intelligent Transfer Serivce – Automatic (Delayed Start) -> Manual
  • Connected User Experiences and Telemetry – Automatic -> Disabled
  • Diagnostic Policy Service – Automatic -> Manual
  • Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) – Manual (Triggered) -> Disabled
  • Windows Biometric Service – Automatic -> Manual
  • WLAN Autoconfig – Automatic -> Manual
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