Step 1. Disable schedule for Windows Compatibility Telemetry.
WCT is a service which contains technical data on how the device and its related software are working. To disable it:
- Stop and disable the “Connected User Experiences and Telemetry” Windows service
- Click Start, type Task Scheduler, and then press Enter.
- On the Task Scheduler window, go to this path: Task Scheduler Library\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience.
- On the Application Experience folder, look for Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser.
- Right-click on it, select Disable, and then confirm to complete the process.
Step.2. Disable Microsoft's Diagnostic Tracking.
Next, please run the following command in an elevated cmd (*).
This will remove tracking services:
sc delete DiagTrack
sc delete dmwappushservice
Add a registry key titled "AllowTelemetry" and sets the key to 0, to disable the telemetry:
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection /v AllowTelemetry /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
(*) Note, to run elevated cmd:
Press Windows key and type cmd. This should find the Command line program. Note that searching by "cmd" works in any language version of Windows.
There should be an option to Run as administrator. Use it.
