Hi again,
Dorian from the Emea Networking Team again, blogging about a hot toppic called "Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 Telemetry Updates (Diagnostic Tracking)". In the latest time we have seen multiple service requests where customers are inquiring about how to turn this off.
This article does address the supported way of turning this off.
Background:
We have introduced this in Windows 10 and have backported the functionality to other Operating systems as well, among them Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. The functionality has been deployed with KB3022345 and KB 3022345 has been superseded by KB 3068708.
The Diagnostic Tracking Service downloads manifests and uploads data that helps Microsoft improve the OS and application experience on Windows. Diagnostic Tracking does not upload data until the customer explicitly opts-in to do so. There are different opt-in UIs for different manifests. Here is an Overview: Windows 10 and privacy
To Stop the diagnostic tracking service you need to stop the associated service and then disable it.
Startup type : Windows Service
Service Name : DiagTrack
Display Name : Diagnostics Tracking Service
Image path : C:\Windows\System32\diagtrack.exe
Screenshot:
In Windows 10 we also have this GPO
Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Data Collection and Preview Builds> Allow Telemetry
This GPO is only workingon Windows 10.
Additional references in these two links.
Privacy Statement | Windows 10 and privacy
Microsoft is committed to your privacy, and it’s important to us to earn your trust and confidence. The above information is still work in progress and provided "as is". Please check the Microsoft Websites for News and Updates.
