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It actually turns out that you can't. [0] You are able to turn it down to "Basic" using the GUI, and if you are using the enterprise edition thru corporate vol

It actually turns out that you can't. [0] You are able to turn it down to "Basic" using the GUI, and if you are using the enterprise edition thru corporate volume licensing you can turn it down further to "Security" with admin tools. There is no way to turn it off completely, and since its cranked up by default, that is where it will stay for the majority of installations. As an anecdote, even Microsoft employees I've spoken with think it's overreaching and underhanded. [0] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/configure-windows-telemetry-in-your-organization https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/confi... edit : clarification on corporate option

hungerstrike 9y ago
Incorrect. There are in fact three ways to completely disable it. You can get the Enterprise edition [0] or modify your registry configuration [1] or by a third party tool [2]. Even if you don't want to do any of those for some reason, reading about the Basic level of telemetry - it's nothing. At least it's nothing that I care about. [0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsforbusiness/try https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsforbusiness/try [1] https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-collection-in-windows-10/ https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-c... [2] http://www.thewindowsclub.com/tools-tweak-privacy-settings-windows-10 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/tools-tweak-privacy-settings-w...
- vetinari 9y ago
  Enterprise edition is not available to non-volume accounts. I.e. not for home machines, not for small businesses. The registry edit is specifically not honored for non-enteprise SKUs.
  - jasomill 9y ago
    I’m a single-person sole proprietorship, and I have two seats of Windows Enterprise with Software Assurance as part of an Open Business agreement; “volume” doesn’t imply “high-volume”. Bringing this back to the the story, one is assigned to a Mac Pro, where, per Microsoft’s bizarre licensing terms, it qualifies as an “upgrade” to the bundled copy of OS X (upon which I run it under VMware, permissible via further licensing gyrations).
    - vetinari 9y ago
      Last time I asked, Enterprise SKUs were only available if I took 50+ licenses. Being a single person sole proprietor like yourself, that was obviously non-starter. Another option was Action Pack, where I would get 10 licenses for a very nice price, with a bunch of other products, but that would be only usable for development or testing, not for production (i.e. not for daily use while running the company).
  - hungerstrike 9y ago
    > Enterprise edition is not available to non-volume accounts. Yes it is. I have multiple copies of it available to me with my MSDN subscription which only costs me about $800 per year.

hungerstrike 9y ago

Incorrect. There are in fact three ways to completely disable it. You can get the Enterprise edition [0] or modify your registry configuration [1] or by a third party tool [2]. Even if you don't want to do any of those for some reason, reading about the Basic level of telemetry - it's nothing. At least it's nothing that I care about. [0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsforbusiness/try https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsforbusiness/try [1] https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-collection-in-windows-10/ https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-c... [2] http://www.thewindowsclub.com/tools-tweak-privacy-settings-windows-10 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/tools-tweak-privacy-settings-w...

vetinari 9y ago
Enterprise edition is not available to non-volume accounts. I.e. not for home machines, not for small businesses. The registry edit is specifically not honored for non-enteprise SKUs.
- jasomill 9y ago
  I’m a single-person sole proprietorship, and I have two seats of Windows Enterprise with Software Assurance as part of an Open Business agreement; “volume” doesn’t imply “high-volume”. Bringing this back to the the story, one is assigned to a Mac Pro, where, per Microsoft’s bizarre licensing terms, it qualifies as an “upgrade” to the bundled copy of OS X (upon which I run it under VMware, permissible via further licensing gyrations).
  - vetinari 9y ago
    Last time I asked, Enterprise SKUs were only available if I took 50+ licenses. Being a single person sole proprietor like yourself, that was obviously non-starter. Another option was Action Pack, where I would get 10 licenses for a very nice price, with a bunch of other products, but that would be only usable for development or testing, not for production (i.e. not for daily use while running the company).
- hungerstrike 9y ago
  > Enterprise edition is not available to non-volume accounts. Yes it is. I have multiple copies of it available to me with my MSDN subscription which only costs me about $800 per year.