Privacy Settings for windows

 Privacy Settings for windows

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• Turn Co-pilot Off:
• Disable Telemetry 
• Disable Search Box Suggestions
• Disable Few Task scheduler 
• Disable Few Services
• Disable Complete connectivity to microsoft service in host files
• Disabled all of the Microsoft tracking using a App

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Turn Co-pilot Off:

• using regedit
• win+d, 
• gets "run" window, 
• type "regedit",
• paste it in the address bar : "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot"

turn co-pilot off

Or

• Source : https://bsky.app/profile/smokepaw.bsky.social/post/3klobewrzyv2v

• Heads up if you use a PC with Windows 11: recent updates have put "Copilot" on your computer! This is Microsoft's new AI and it is integral to your OS; you CANNOT delete it!

• BUT! You can -disable- it. And since it spies on you, odds are you'll want to it! 

• They don't make it easy, though.
• Now, right-click on the Start menu (Windows logo on the Taskbar.) A menu pops up, about half way down you'll see Terminal and Terminal (Admin); click on the Admin option.

• C:> reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot /v TurnOffWindowsCopilot /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Disable Telemetry 

• using regedit
• win+d, 
• gets "run" window, 
• type "regedit",
• paste it in the address bar :
• Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection

• right click ->new->Dword 32

• AllowTelemetry = 0

Disable Search Box Suggestions

• using regedit
• win+d, 
• gets "run" window, 
• type "regedit",
• paste it in the address bar :
• Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\

• Right click -> new->key-> Explorer

• Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

• right click ->new->Dword 32-> DisableSearchBoxSuggestions

• DisableSearchBoxSuggestions =1

Disable Task scheduler 

• search "Task scheduler " from start menu search

• Task scheduler -> Task scheduler library -> microsoft -> windows -> Application experience -> right click on each item and disable

• Task scheduler -> Task scheduler library -> microsoft -> windows -> Customer experience  improvement -> right click on each item and disable

Disable Services:

• search "services" from start menu search

• Connected User Experiences and Telemetry = right click -> properties -> select disable.

Disable Complete microsoft service in host files

• go to path C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

• edit the hosts files

• Drag the hosts file on to desktop, then open with notepad and copy and paste the data from below link 

• open the link : -> https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists?tab=readme-ov-file#native

• then scroll to ->  Native Tracker - Broadband tracker of devices, services and operating systems 

• See the -> Microsoft (Windows, Office, MSN) , from table, under hosts column click on "Link Mirror jsDelivr". 

• Now copy the content starting from "0.0.0.0 nexusrules.live.com" till end and paste it in hosts file, then click save

• Now copy back the hosts file to original folder ->C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRb3WGCfjwI

Disabled all of the Microsoft tracking

• Source: https://bsky.app/profile/crowgirl.bsky.social/post/3klpabnmici2n

• "it's a Windows 11 OEM), the first thing I did was install WPD. And I disabled all of the Microsoft tracking"

• https://wpd.app/