keizerzilla/remove-windows7-telemetry

Disable some spyware on Windows 7/8/8.1

remove-windows-telemetry

Credits:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3g7hr0/removing_telemetry_from_windows_7_and_8x/
• https://spreadprivacy.com/windows-7-privacy-tips/
• https://github.com/nalal/Windows-Telemetry-Remover

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/

Remove the following updates:

KB3068708 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry

KB3022345 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry

KB2952664 Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7

KB2990214 Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows 7 to a later version of Windows

KB3035583 Update installs Get Windows 10 app in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1

KB971033 Description of the update for Windows Activation Technologies

KB3021917 Update to Windows 7 SP1 for performance improvements

KB3044374 Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to a later version of Windows

KB3139929 Security update for Internet Explorer

KB3146449 Updated Internet Explorer 11 capabilities to upgrade to Windows 10

KB3083710 Windows Update Client

KB3083324 Windows Update Client

KB971033 Windows Activation Technologies

cmd.exe: run this

sc stop Diagtrack

sc delete Diagtrack

You will find the following applications using the Start Menu search bar

Task Scheduler Library: disable and delete this

Everything under "Application Experience"

Everything under "Autochk"

Everything under "Customer Experience Improvement Program"

Under "Disk Diagnostic" only the "Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector"

Under "Maintenance" "WinSAT"

"Media Center" and click the "status" column, then select all non-disabled entries and disable them.

services.msc: do this procedure

"Remote Registry" to "Disabled" instead of "Manual".