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Questions tagged [telemetry]

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Unable to disable Compatibility Telemetry in Windows 10

Methods Failed to disable Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry: Method 1: Use O&O ShutUp10 Used latest version released on 7-Mar-'17 Method 2 (CMD commands) mentioned here : sc delete DiagTrack sc delete dmwappushservice echo "" >…
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Character count in Notepad++

Should I install any plugins or there is build-in way to see the text length? Length in the status line gives me the byte size, not char count.
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How to delete the folder "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs" and stop Windows from piling up garbage on my SSD?

There are many mentions of this folder on the web, it's clear that it relates to Windows 10 telemetry, and many people want to get rid of this folder (it's 30 GB on my C: drive at the moment, and it accounts for most of the mysterious loss of free…
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Does Windows Firewall fully block Windows Telemetry?

I am running Windows 10 pro. I deleted all the telemetric services and all the scheduled tasks (except defragment). With some digging I make a list of telemetric executable files and blocked them in firewall. Is Windows firewall sufficient to block…
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How can I extract the last few seconds of a GoPro video losslessly with FFmpeg so that it keeps telemetry info and keeps the original stream order?

I want to extract the last few seconds of a GoPro video losslessly with FFmpeg so that it keeps telemetry info and keeps the original stream order. A GoPro video has 4 streams, in that order: Stream #0:0[0x1](eng): Video Stream #0:1[0x2](eng):…
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How do I disable telemetry in Thunderbird?

I'm running Thunderbird 91. I noticed in the JS console that the app is collecting some kind of telemetry about me and sending it somewhere! Noooo... ! How do I disable it?
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Why are Windows 10 crashes not getting reported to Microsoft?

I've been experiencing frequent Blue Screen of Death crashes on my Windows 10 PC, and the error message suggests the issue is the video driver. The exact nature of the problem isn't important to my question, but I want to make sure Microsoft and…
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How can I losslessly concatenate two MP4 files and keep the telemetry information (GoPro GPMF) using FFmpeg?

One may losslessly concatenate two MP4 files using FFmpeg as follows: ffmpeg -safe 0 -f concat -i list.txt -c copy output.mp4 with list.txt: file 'C:\file1.mp4' file 'C:\file2.mp4' However, if the input files C:\file1.mp4 and C:\file2.mp4 have…
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What must be save data in the "hosts" file to block telemetry?

I have a computer Windows 10 Pro. On this website: https://www.andreafortuna.org/2020/03/13/how-to-block-windows-10-telemetry-using-hosts-file/ there is info that "Windows 10 does communicate directly to IP addresses which bypass the hosts file. You…
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Delete all scheduled tasks with Registry file

There are many scheduled task including all of which are associated with TELEMETRY and user data collection in Windows 10. One can find those scheduled task in Task Scheduler Management Console (taskschd.msc). Is there a way to delete/remove them…
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Why is Windows NT Kernel & System constantly making connections to local and remote IP addresses?

I have GlassWire installed on my PC in order to monitor incoming and outgoing network connections, and I also use a VPN regularly (these 2 details seem irrelevant but will become useful later), Very often, regardless of what I may be doing at the…
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How Microsoft Compatability Telemetry can be stopped?

I tried to use this commands: stop-service diagtrack set-service diagtrack -startuptype disabled And tried to create record AllowTelemetry with 0 value here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection Both ways doesn't…
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Is there a way to enable Windows 10's battery saver permanently?

This may be a silly question, but is there a way to enable Windows 10's battery saver while connected to a power source? My computer has a old hard disk, and Windows is much faster with the power saver enabled, because Telemetry and other background…
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Running OTEL agent as windows service is not working

Want to run Otel collecor agent as Windows services. So downloaded latest windows release package and run the following command to create service and start the service. sc.exe create otelcol displayname= otelcol start=…
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How to verify a windows desktop is running and online? (telemetry)

How can one best set up a system to poll a group on PCs running Windows 10 and generate a notification if one of them drops off of the network? I don't care if the PC crashes or the Ethernet cable is unplugged, I'm just looking for a reliable off…
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