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They're pushed as updates to the existing customer experience program. To see if you've already opted in, enter "customer experience" into the start menu searc

They're pushed as updates to the existing customer experience program. To see if you've already opted in, enter "customer experience" into the start menu search bar, it'll pull up the dialog. Just like under Windows 10, if you are not opted in to the customer experience program, none of the data is collected or sent. I do not know if the default was to opt in or out. I opted in when I went to Windows 8, with the hopes of being another data point showing someone completely avoiding everything Metro.

marvy 11y ago
Considering what Win10 looks like, maybe someone listened! Mission accomplished?
Animats 11y ago
The default is opt-out. I just opened "Customer Experience" for the first time ever on a Windows machine, and it was set to "Yes, send information to Microsoft". You can turn it off, but whether that actually stops communications someone else will have to check.
- danieldk 11y ago
  To avoid confusion, what you describe is opt-out ;). http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-opt-in-and-opt-out.htm http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-opt-i...
  - Animats 11y ago
    Right. Thanks. Fixed parent post.
win10users 11y ago
On win 10 you can set it to collect only "basic" info, but not turn it off completely.