├── task-scheduler-tip.png ├── LICENSE ├── README.md └── remove-windows-telemetry.bat /task-scheduler-tip.png: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keizerzilla/remove-windows7-telemetry/HEAD/task-scheduler-tip.png -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | MIT License 2 | 3 | Copyright (c) 2017 Artur Rodrigues 4 | 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 11 | 12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software. 14 | 15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 21 | SOFTWARE. 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## remove-windows-telemetry 2 | 3 | Credits: 4 | - https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3g7hr0/removing_telemetry_from_windows_7_and_8x/ 5 | - https://spreadprivacy.com/windows-7-privacy-tips/ 6 | - https://github.com/nalal/Windows-Telemetry-Remover 7 | 8 | ## FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WINDOWS 7 SECURITY SUPPORT WILL END BY JANUARY/2020! CONSIDER SWAPPING TO A GNU/LINUX DISTRIBUITION (WINDOWS 10 IS SHIT)! START HERE: https://www.ubuntu.com/ 9 | 10 | ### Remove the following updates: 11 | 12 | **KB3068708** Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry 13 | 14 | **KB3022345** Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry 15 | 16 | **KB2952664** Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7 17 | 18 | **KB2990214** Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows 7 to a later version of Windows 19 | 20 | **KB3035583** Update installs Get Windows 10 app in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1 21 | 22 | **KB971033** Description of the update for Windows Activation Technologies 23 | 24 | **KB3021917** Update to Windows 7 SP1 for performance improvements 25 | 26 | **KB3044374** Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to a later version of Windows 27 | 28 | **KB3139929** Security update for Internet Explorer 29 | 30 | **KB3146449** Updated Internet Explorer 11 capabilities to upgrade to Windows 10 31 | 32 | **KB3083710** Windows Update Client 33 | 34 | **KB3083324** Windows Update Client 35 | 36 | **KB971033** Windows Activation Technologies 37 | 38 | ### cmd.exe: run this 39 | 40 | ``` 41 | sc stop Diagtrack 42 | 43 | sc delete Diagtrack 44 | ``` 45 | 46 | ## You will find the following applications using the Start Menu search bar 47 | 48 | ### Task Scheduler Library: disable and delete this 49 | 50 | ![Figure for reference](task-scheduler-tip.png) 51 | 52 | Everything under "Application Experience" 53 | 54 | Everything under "Autochk" 55 | 56 | Everything under "Customer Experience Improvement Program" 57 | 58 | Under "Disk Diagnostic" only the "Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector" 59 | 60 | Under "Maintenance" "WinSAT" 61 | 62 | "Media Center" and click the "status" column, then select all non-disabled entries and disable them. 63 | 64 | ### services.msc: do this procedure 65 | 66 | "Remote Registry" to "Disabled" instead of "Manual". 67 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /remove-windows-telemetry.bat: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | @echo off 2 | color 1d 3 | echo keizerzilla's Windows 7/8/8.1 telemetry/spyware update removal tool 4 | echo credits: reddit, duckduckgo and Nalal@github 5 | 6 | :: removing some bad updates 7 | echo removing kb:2952664... 8 | wusa /uninstall /kb:2952664 /norestart /quiet 9 | echo done! 10 | 11 | echo removing kb:2976978... 12 | wusa /uninstall /kb:2976978 /norestart /quiet 13 | echo done! 14 | 15 | echo removing kb:2977759... 16 | wusa /uninstall /kb:2977759 /norestart /quiet 17 | echo done! 18 | 19 | echo removing kb:2990214... 20 | wusa /uninstall /kb:2990214 /norestart /quiet 21 | echo done! 22 | 23 | echo removing kb:3021917... 24 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3021917 /norestart /quiet 25 | echo done! 26 | 27 | echo removing kb:3022345... 28 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3022345 /norestart /quiet 29 | echo done! 30 | 31 | echo removing kb:3035583... 32 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3035583 /norestart /quiet 33 | echo done! 34 | 35 | echo removing kb:3044374... 36 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3044374 /norestart /quiet 37 | echo done! 38 | 39 | echo removing kb:3068708... 40 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3068708 /norestart /quiet 41 | echo done! 42 | 43 | echo removing kb:3075249... 44 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3075249 /norestart /quiet 45 | echo done! 46 | 47 | echo removing kb:3080149... 48 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3080149 /norestart /quiet 49 | echo done! 50 | 51 | echo removing kb:3015249... 52 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3015249 /norestart /quiet 53 | echo done! 54 | 55 | echo removing kb:3050267... 56 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3050267 /norestart /quiet 57 | echo done! 58 | 59 | echo removing kb:3139929... 60 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3139929 /norestart /quiet 61 | echo done! 62 | 63 | echo removing kb:3146449... 64 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3146449 /norestart /quiet 65 | echo done! 66 | 67 | echo removing kb:3083710... 68 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3083710 /norestart /quiet 69 | echo done! 70 | 71 | echo removing kb:3083324... 72 | wusa /uninstall /kb:3083324 /norestart /quiet 73 | echo done! 74 | 75 | echo removing kb:971033... 76 | wusa /uninstall /kb:971033 /norestart /quiet 77 | echo done! 78 | 79 | :: disabling Diagtrack 80 | sc stop Diagtrack 81 | sc delete Diagtrack 82 | echo (If you see "service does not exist" error = it was never on your system) 83 | 84 | :: fin 85 | pause 86 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------