Thanks, could you possible post the text script current and then new version to this forum like you used to do. It is much safer to copy the raw text than use a 3rd party download site. Or even better, do you have a git repo somewhere I can follow?
The current scripts are linked in my OP https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...lemetry-repository.63874/page-66#post-1686849 By 3rd party download sites, you mean Mega and Mediafire where you download the zip files from? I uploaded them there for easier access to all the files and supposedly it should be better to already have the ready-made scripts instead of copy-pasting it to create your own script and possibly make mistakes in the process (for some). Less work for me too --- updating all the scripts + posts everytime the're updated Keep the current scripts that you downloaded from the links in my OP then when the updates come out you can compare them. I don't have a git repo (maybe in the future?)
ctrl(+)a edit post ctrl(+)v Is harder than uploading folder packs to 2 different 3rd party download sites? These site are full of virus etc so it's a risk to blindly download from them.
I just tested, this does not happen using win10 Enterprise version, only previously it happens on win10pro version...so best avoid pro version.
You're not blindly downloading my zip files. The links i shared are direct links to the zip files i uploaded to my personal account on those sites (unless you don't know what you're doing and clicking suspicious links) Where do you get your scripts from or are they older scripts that were posted before? PS. The next updated scripts will have a lot of changes to them
I tested my scripts in Home, Pro, Enterprise, EnterpriseG and LTSC (it should work with other editions) with no problems. It has nothing to do with edition. If you didn't modify my script and it applied offline on a mounted image without any errors it should work as intended
Updated disable_telemetry scripts https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...lemetry-repository.63874/page-66#post-1686849 Major changes Addded registry policies (for further telemetry lockdown) to: -- "Disable Copilot (if present)" in Windows 10 -- "Disable Windows Copilot, AI features, Recall, Click-to-Do, and all related data collection/telemetry functionality (if present)" in Windows 11 -- "Disable AI features and functionality (if present)" in LTSC 2024 -- disable diagnostics and feedback -- disable typing insights, handwriting personalization, clipboard sync & speech recognition Removed registry policies (that were either deprecated, non-critical, obsolete, unnecessary or not directly related to disabling telemetry) from: -- disable smartscreen -- disable windows firewall -- disable windows update, delivery optimization, reserved storage and new features and enhancements -- restrict internet communication -- disable error reporting -- delete telemetry scheduled tasks Removed: -- disable recording of event logging and tracing (related to Group Policy) -- prevent windows from setting the time automatically Some registry keys were merged with other blocks to better organize and clean up the script Changed Debugger for executables from "Systray.exe" to "cmd.exe /c exit" which is cleaner and more effective Added more executables to "disable executables that collect and transmit telemetry" Added "disable executables that enforce or repair windows update"
Not sure if this should be asked here, but I noticed several windows executables requesting internet access, such as: actionsserver.exe MpDefenderCoreService.exe office2rclient.exe officeclicktorun.exe sdxhelper.exe smartscreen.exe systemsettings.exe Do these really need internet access or are they telemetry related?
Sorry re-uploaded the disable_telemetry scripts because i made a few minor corrections https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...lemetry-repository.63874/page-66#post-1686849
And how can you tell, apart from obvious ones such as browsers, which applications really need to access the internet?
If I block C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe and C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe, I have no internet access. Not sure what might be the result if I block the above executables. I am surprised nobody bothered to create a safe list.
svchost.exe hosts critical Windows services across various categories, including networking (DNS, DHCP), system management (Windows Update, Task Scheduler), security (Windows Defender, Firewall), hardware (Plug and Play, drivers), user interface (Themes, Profile Service), multimedia (Audio, WMP Sharing), remote access (RDP, VPN), and event logging (COM+, Event System). Blocking svchost.exe disrupts these essential functions, causing issues like loss of internet access and system instability. This i why I included just a few executables to silently disable (debugger) in my disable_telemetry scripts that doesn't affect windows performance and stability But because they still or may phone home and undo what changes were made by my script If some executables still get through and phone home most telemetry is already disabled by my script anyways
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...lemetry-repository.63874/page-66#post-1686849 I noticed above, that you list Windows 10 LTSC 2024 as supported, is there such an edition? What about Windows 11 LTSC 2024? In any case, what I am looking for is to minimize telemetry "online" and not "offline" as your script does.
I made an error -- corrected it. There's the 1st and 2nd post of this thread or you can search online
Online search results lots of inaccurate information. And as this started as a Windows 10 thread, the information in the 1st and 2nd post, does not seem to be updated for Windows 11. For example, when trying to disable some scheduler tasks, an error that the specified task name, does not exist in the system, appears.