Disable Windows 10 Telemetry and Data Collection (Collection of Methods & Tools)

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8 hours ago, knowledge said:

whats best this program or Spybot Anti-Beacon

i use Spybot Anti-Beacon  but is open to try new things if program is good

Anti-Beacon is old and not updated in a long time, it still works but not updated for latest versions of windows.

Use

Destroy Windows Spying [DWS]

https://github.com/Nummer/Destroy-Windows-10-Spying/releases

 

Blackbird

http://www.getblackbird.net/

 

W10Privacy

http://www.winprivacy.de/deutsch-start/download/

 

And there is Also the WinTel script created by Cerberus which you will find inside the MultiOEM project!

I personally use DWS, Blackbird and WinTel all together.

[ZackMark29]

Can I run the WIndows 10 lite script? even not to do reformat my pc again? 

[melek]

Why blackbird does not block the connection of the host blacklist? Not only my but also own.

[Rivenson]

Blackbird    0.9.98 - Latest

 

Changelog

- Added a switch to fix LAN connectivity problems after running Blackbird v0.9.97 or later (blackbird -l)
- Fixed Recovery mode not properly restoring some registry keys
- Fixed startup scanner sometimes not detecting autologgers as disabled

 

http://www.getblackbird.net/download/

 

 

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OP Updated with Balckbird v0.9.98

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Spybot Anti-Beacon v1.6.0.42

 

Changelog:

Updates:
Additional Telemetry Immunization Categories
Additional Blocked Hosts
Fixes:
Immunization of Office 13/16 Telemetry Scheduled Tasks and Options is possible even if Microsoft Office is not installed (previously they appeared to immunize correctly, but the immunization could not be undone in Anti-Beacon)

 

Download:

https://download.spybot.info/AntiBeacon/SpybotAntiBeacon-1.6-setup.exe

Edited December 5, 2016 by UpGrade

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O&O ShutUp10

Version 1.4.1385

• New Category “Microsoft Edge”
      – Disable websites saving protected media licenses on my device
      – Disable SmartScreen Filter
      – Disable Flip Ahead
      – Disable Tracking in web
      – Disable suggestions for searches and websites
      – Do not optimize web search results on the task bar for vocal output
• Downgrading the following settings to “critical” because some users had problems logging into Windows when the setting was enabled 
      – Don’t show last user on the lock screen
      – Fade-out ID of the logged-in user on the lock screen
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, and Russian
      – Language will be automatically selected based on settings in Windows
• Minor bug fixes

 

Download:

https://dl5.oo-software.com/files/ooshutup10/OOSU10.exe

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Windows 10 Lite v7

Homepage:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/windows-10-lite
 
Download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/windows-10-lite/files/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/windows-10-lite/files/WinLite10V7.zip/download
Auto:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/windows-10-lite/files/WinLite10V7-auto.zip/download

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Windows 10 Lite v7.1

Changelog:
bugfix
added new option to finish setup
for clean install of anniversary update
store works now

 

Download:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/windows-10-lite/files/WinLite10V7.1.zip/download

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Spybot Anti-Beacon v1.6.0.42  [ALL LINKS INCLUDING PORTABLE]

Homepage:

https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/

https://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?72686-Spybot-Anti-Beacon-for-Windows-10&s=05d3a6b8bce861478d88e4acbd64ca00

 

Setup:

https://download.spybot.info/AntiBeacon/SpybotAntiBeacon-1.6-setup.exe

 

Portable (Stand-Alone):

https://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=58

 

Portable (PAF):

https://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=5

 

OP UPDATED!

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Win.Privacy 1.0.1.2

12/25/2016 - Update Released. [ Version 1.0.1.2 ]

• You can now disable Windows Error Reporting! (and enable it as well)
• Various Bug Fixes.

 

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Win.Privacy 1.0.1.3

 

12/28/2016 - Update Released. [ Version 1.0.1.3 ]

• Slight UI (User Interface) changes.
• Fixed some Labels.
• Minor bug fixes.

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Win.Privacy 1.0.1.4

 

 

1/1/2017 - Update Released. [ Version 1.0.1.4 ]

• You can now uninstall Windows 10 Pre-Installed Apps.
• Bug Fixes.

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[straycat19]

I have been experimenting, as time allows, on doing a clean install of Windows (7, 8.1, and 10 Ent LTSB) and not allowing anything to have internet access via a firewall unless explicitly allowed.  It takes time to track things down and monitor connections, but in the end I believe I will be able to block the vast majority of connections that serve no useful purpose to the user, not only telemetry, but just plain useless connections.  The first thing I discovered was do not use any Microsoft browser and do not use Google or Comodo DNS servers.  The ISP provided DNS servers are much less intrusive and even then some ports can be blocked.  I decided on trying this approach because I can't trust third party developers to catch everything as has been proven in the plethora of so-called Windows privacy releases over the last 12 months.

[Skunk1966]

@straycat19 hopefully you will publish your findings and solutions here!

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Win.Privacy 1.0.1.5

1/20/2017 - Update Released. [ Version 1.0.1.5 ]

[New] Ability to disable the following Windows 10 Services:

• Xbox Live Game Service
• Xbox Live Networking Service
• Xbox Live Auth Manager Service
• Windows Error Reporting Service
• Bluetooth Support Service
• Sensor Service
• Sensor Monitoring Service
• Remote Desktop Services
• Remote Registry Service
• DataCollectionPublishingService

 

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New software in this section 

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[Petrovic]

WPD (Windows Privacy Dashboard) 

WPD (Windows Privacy Dashboard) is a small portable program for Windows 10, that will help turn off all telemetry services and tasks, and also adjust group policy to the highest possible confidentiality level. The program is free, it doesn't contain any advertisement or malicious code.

http://vegetorius.com/wpd/