There's been plenty of commotion over W10's privacy terms. i am certain these strategies will change/improve at any time, however here's a guide that ought to hopefully provide you with a comparatively a lot of personal, safe experience, but at the prospect of not having the ability to relish a number of W10's options.
- Do not use Express Settings. Hit customise, and check that everything is turned off.
- Just use a local account with Windows 10(Very Important).
After Installation
1. Head to Settings >> Privacy, and disable everything, unless there are some stuff you actually need.
2. While among the Privacy page, head to Feedback, choose never within the initial box, and Basic within the second box.
3. Head to Settings >> Update and Security >> Advanced options & select how updates are delivered, and turn off the first switch Off.
4. Disable Cortana by clicking the Search bar/icon.
5. Disable internet search in Search by heading to Settings, and turning off Search online & include web results.
6. Change the name of your computer by going to start (or hit the Windows key), typing about pc, and clicking Rename pc.
Other Settings
1. Open up the Command prompt by launching cmd as an administrator, and enter the following:
sc delete DiagTrack
sc delete dmwappushservice
echo "" > C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl
2. Open up the group Policy Editor by launching gpedit.msc as an administrator. go through computer Configuration >> administrative Templates >> Windows components >> data collection and Preview Builds. Double click telemetry, hit Disabled, then apply.
NOTE: This solely actually works within the Enterprise edition, however the last step provides a good enough workaround for pro users.
3. While still within the group Policy Editor, go through computer Configuration >> administrative Templates >> Windows components >> OneDrive, double click prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage, hit Enabled, then apply.
4. While still within the group Policy Editor, go through computer Configuration >> administrative Templates >> Windows components >> Windows Defender, double click turn off Windows Defender, hit Enabled, then apply.
5. Open up the registry Editor by launching regedit as an administrator. go through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\DataCollection, select AllowTelemetry, change its value to zero, then apply.
6. First, download the Take ownership tweak and enable it. Then, head to the Hosts File by going through C:\\Windows\\System32\\Drivers\\Etc, take ownership of the hosts file(By right click & select take ownership), and add all of the IPs from this page into the file.
Other Settings
1. Open up the Command prompt by launching cmd as an administrator, and enter the following:
sc delete DiagTrack
sc delete dmwappushservice
echo "" > C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl
2. Open up the group Policy Editor by launching gpedit.msc as an administrator. go through computer Configuration >> administrative Templates >> Windows components >> data collection and Preview Builds. Double click telemetry, hit Disabled, then apply.
