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10se1ucgo / DisableWinTracking

Uses some known methods that attempt to minimize tracking in Windows 10
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I can't restore correctly search/data collecting service #106

Closed psychok9 closed 9 years ago

psychok9 commented 9 years ago

I've tried to restore original settings, but it doesn't work at 100%. Also after a reboot, "send your data to Microsoft" on the "diagnostic & feedback" menu still grey. Obviously I selected "disable" on service method. I don't know if others components still disabled.

Log: Services: dmwappushsvc key successfully modified. Services: DiagTrack key successfully modified. Telemetry: AllowTelemetry key successfully modified. Domain block: Domains successfully removed. Extra domain block: Domains successfully removed. IP Blocking: Succesfully unblocked. WifiSense/Defender: Unable to modify Windows Defender Spynet key. WifiSense/Defender: Unable to modify Windows Defender Sample Submission key. WifiSense/Defender: WifiSense Open-ness key successfully modified. WifiSense/Defender: WifiSense Credential Share key successfully modified. WifiSense/Defender: Windows Defender Delivery Optimization Download key successfully modified. Done. It's recommended that you reboot as soon as possible for the full effect. If you feel something didn't work properly, please press the 'Report an issue' button and follow the directions

p.s. If I type on admin cmd prompt: sc start DiagTrack, I get something like "Unable to turn on the service, no active associated device or the service is disabled".

10se1ucgo commented 9 years ago

Hmm. Try going to gpedit.msc>Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Data Collection and Preview Builds and set Allow Telemetry to any value besides 0.

psychok9 commented 9 years ago

I'm sorry...! no free time in these days. I tried your suggestion, I did the reboot, but the setting still grey.

My OS isn't english, maybe could be compatibility problem with other languages?

10se1ucgo commented 9 years ago

Hmm. Very weird. I'm not really sure whats going on here.

psychok9 commented 9 years ago

Ok... I played with Allow Telemetry, set to 1, and after this, I disabled the control from gpedit.msc (not configured). Now I can start the service and seems work :) I don't know if the service was "manual" or "start" in vanilla Windows 10 but I set it to "delayed start".