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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

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.

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.