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0 pointsFussyZeus10y ago0 comments

There's no way to turn it off. It says it's turned off, and it's still sending shit to Redmond. That's unacceptable and deceptive. I do not use software that lies to me, period, paragraph.

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794CD0110y ago· 7 in thread

You can turn it off via group policy if you have windows enterprise. If you just want to complain that the cheaper version doesn't have the feature you want, and you don't want to pay the higher price for the version that does have it, that's your right, but I don't have much sympathy for that.

FussyZeusOP10y ago

It's also worth noting that it doesn't seem to be possible to buy Enterprise as a regular user, so it's not even a matter of me not wanting to spend the money as it's a matter of the company not giving me the option.

whyoh10y ago

>You can turn it off via group policy if you have windows enterprise.

No, you can't. You can only set it to a lower level.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/con...

794CD0110y ago

You can disable utcsvc and prevent it from being re-enabled. Since doing so also disables Windows updates (which is why you shouldn't do it) you can also be sure that future updates will not re-enable it.

FussyZeusOP10y ago

I have to pay to not be spied on? And you think that's acceptable?

seanp2k210y ago

You have to pay to have the option to not be spied on, because only the version designed to be used for serious business supports disabling the first-party tracking, because business users are important and home users are just another revenue channel.

I now have even less moral issue with not paying to use Windows for personal use. Seriously, they should have just made it free for home users regardless of Win7 license state (I've had terrible luck with "upgraded" versions of Windows -- clean installs only for me, and yes I know about the Insider program and the exception to this...I didn't stay up on the news and I missed the "must be installed by" deadline).

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794CD0110y ago

You have to pay for Windows just like any other software the creators don't want to give away for free.

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nitrogen10y ago

Another sad example of pirates having it better than us legitimate users.

AdmiralAsshat10y ago

I suggest you check out Spybot Anti-Beacon. It will help you in turning some of those Telemetry services off.

https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/

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