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How to Remove Telemetry updates from Windows 7 & Windows 8.1

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Microsoft’s latest operating system release Windows 10 has been a controversial one. The privacy concerns have been arising, that Microsoft are collecting metrics, personal data and telemetry for marking purposes or so they say. Windows 10’s aggressive collection methods have been classed as Adware by some security analysts.


These concerns are leading to people like myself to stick with Windows 7 and 8.1 operating system. There is no rush to upgrade to Windows 10 because Windows 7 will have support until the year 2020. But now Microsoft have started to roll-out new telemetry functions to older operating systems like windows 7 and windows 8/8.1. These are done through Windows Updates.


The update tactics that Microsoft are using to force a free upgrade Windows 10 have become increasingly persistent in getting users to switch to Windows 10. A large number of Windows users have complained that their computer has forced a upgrading to Windows 10 overnight.
If you are concerned about being forced in to upgrading to Windows 10, you can use this batch file below to remove all the necessary files to stop Microsoft forcing you into upgrading to their free Windows 10 operating system.


You can create a batch file and include the code below, make sure you run the script as an administrator, once complete restart your computer system. All the Windows update patch's should be uninstalled from the system. Never 10 is another tool to stop future updates.

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We are all going to have to go to Windows 10 eventually. I hate the telemetry stuff but what can you do? Even many game programmers for PC are being forced to code games to only run on Windows 10 machines. What can you do?

Yeah, I agree windows 10 will become the Microsoft flagship operating system when it comes to Microsoft collecting personal data other guys do it google Facebook this is just the world we live in today

(08-03-2016, 03:06 AM)Timster Wrote: [ -> ]We are all going to have to go to Windows 10 eventually. I hate the telemetry stuff but what can you do? Even many game programmers for PC are being forced to code games to only run on Windows 10 machines. What can you do?

Unfortunately, you can't to anything except turning off every single option in privacy in settings. You can run terrible "privacy protecting" software, but I wouldn't recommend that. These programs have bigger chance to brake something than to do anything

Compton Wrote:Yeah, I agree windows 10 will become the Microsoft flagship operating system when it comes to Microsoft collecting personal data other guys do it google Facebook this is just the world we live in today

Yeah, it's just crazy. I upgraded to Windows 10 Anniversary Edition today. One of many changes I noticed is this:

in the new Sticky Notes app... Microsoft is going crazy with collecting personal data.

It's sad that we can't uninstall telemetry in Windows 10 without any software that will more likely break your PC rather than doind anything

Yeah Microsoft have gone way over the top.

yeah privacy is a hot topic but the question is why are they collecting so much personal data you have to look at the world from windows XP days to now people blame companies for collecting data what you have to remember big brother's request of them to collect data I could understand where people are coming from collecting so much data don, t know if it secure

does it still disable data collection, etc., in Windows 10 anniversary update?