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[ericgl]

v77,

 

Well, during Win10 installation, I clicked on Customize Settings and turned all the settings to OFF (as I suggest doing at the beginning of my Word file).

Perhaps there lies the difference...

[v77]

Yes very likely, I use the recommended settings because it's a virtual machine that will be used to test softwares.

[crashnburn]

Can we have a variation of this for Win 8.1 as well? 

[ericgl]

Can we have a variation of this for Win 8.1 as well? 

 

Sorry, no.

 

I never used Win8.1 (only tested a bit in a virtual machine).

Didn't really like it much.

 

Windows 10 is more refined, but also comes with added annoyances, hence the script.

[radelrama]

Thx 4 yr work, using some of your script. One tweak I missed and finally found is the setting to disable the up-to-now unstoppable notification when stopping SecurityCenter:

 

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings" /v "NOC_GLOBAL_SETTING_TOASTS_ENABLED" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

[NetworkPro]

Does this stop only the Security Center notifications, or other notifications as well ?!

Edited by NetworkPro, 08 September 2015 - 05:03 PM.

[ericgl]

Thx 4 yr work, using some of your script. One tweak I missed and finally found is the setting to disable the up-to-now unstoppable notification when stopping SecurityCenter:

 

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings" /v "NOC_GLOBAL_SETTING_TOASTS_ENABLED" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

 

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[radelrama]

Does this stop only the Security Center notifications, or other notifications as well ?!

 

Honestly I don't know, I disabled and stopped a lot... That was the last notficitation for my system...

 

I've noticed also, that setting a sound scheme does NOT apply to - guess :-) - the notification sound; I had to switch it to "No Sound" manually...

[westyles]

After copying the files registry.pol, reboot and run the Group Policy settings are displayed, and the registry values are not created.

And accordingly not working.

How to correctly apply registry.pol?

[westyles]

I figured out myself. After copying the Registry.pol file in the necessary Group Policy settings to manually set any value in any setting, and then all options will be entered in the register. Then abolish this option.

[gecata]

Just giving my 2 cents:

 

Disable Firewall and set notification mode to disable mode /stop toast notifications/

netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off

netsh firewall set notification mode = disable profile = all

[ericgl]

Just giving my 2 cents:

 

Disable Firewall and set notification mode to disable mode /stop toast notifications/

netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off

netsh firewall set notification mode = disable profile = all

 

Is there a good reason to disable the built-in firewall? 

[biatche]

C:\Users\admin>reg add "HKLM\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\amd64_microsoft-windows-c..lemetry.lib.cortana_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10240.16384_none_40ba2ec3d03bceb0" /v "f!dss-winrt-telemetry.js" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
ERROR: The parameter is incorrect.

Just like the rest, what's happening?

[ericgl]

C:\Users\admin>reg add "HKLM\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\amd64_microsoft-windows-c..lemetry.lib.cortana_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10240.16384_none_40ba2ec3d03bceb0" /v "f!dss-winrt-telemetry.js" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
ERROR: The parameter is incorrect.

Just like the rest, what's happening?

 

 

Most likely you're using a newer build than 10240 RTM.

If this is the case, you'll need to change the text to your current build, and run the command again.

[biatche]

Most likely you're using a newer build than 10240 RTM.

If this is the case, you'll need to change the text to your current build, and run the command again.

 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 823E-030D

 Directory of C:\Windows\WinSxS
07/10/2015  09:18 PM    <DIR>          amd64_microsoft-windows-c..lemetry.lib.cortana_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10240.16384_none_40ba2ec3d03bceb0



07/10/2015  06:58 PM               547 amd64_microsoft-windows-c..lemetry.lib.cortana_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.10240.16384_none_40ba2ec3d03bceb0.manifest

Edited by biatche, 07 October 2015 - 03:00 AM.

[ericgl]

Could you please search your entire registry for the string "amd64_microsoft-windows-c..lemetry.lib.cortana", and report the location it was found?

Thanks.

[biatche]

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\amd64_microsoft-windows-c..lemetry.lib.cortana_31bf3856ad364e35_none_9450cfa0905fe3b4]
@="10.0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\amd64_microsoft-windows-c..lemetry.lib.cortana_31bf3856ad364e35_none_9450cfa0905fe3b4\10.0]
"10.0.10240.16384"=hex:01
@="10.0.10240.16384"

[ericgl]

OK,

I'm running a newer build now (10547), and I see the same registry entries.

I'll revise the document.

[ericgl]

Everyone take note:

 

It seems Microsoft is changing the registry key IDs. In the retail build (10240), I believe they do it via Windows Update.

The registry key IDs also changed in newer preview builds - I'm currently using build 10547, and all the key IDs have changed since build 10240.

 

This poses a problem, as a lot of my scripts simply won't work (key IDs will have to be updated manually).  

 

Think I'm gonna give up on continuing updates.

 

I'll give you my latest version of the file - version 1.31 (find it in 1st post), but I'm afraid this is the last one.

[biatche]

Sad to see you ending this project.

 

1. What has changed since 1.29 in 1.31?

2. With REGARDS to tweaks here, what key IDs change in newer builds? Is it only Cortana telemetry? Or a whole lot of others that I should take note of?

[ericgl]

A lot of key IDs changed.

That's why it's impossible for me to write a script that would work "out of the box".

I have no idea what others are doing, but be very careful with those "kill windows 10 spying", and such.

 

Some changes in last version 1.31:

- Removed Cortana Telemetry. Those keys are now absent in updated Win10.

- Some other changes (can't remember).

[crashnburn]

I used to prefer Win 7, but due to wanting VHD features & newer hardware I moved/ upgraded to Win 8.1 and would've moved to Win 10 as well, but until this telemetry spying & bandwidth stealing is not locked down, I'd rather wait on win 8.1

 

Sorry, no.

 

I never used Win8.1 (only tested a bit in a virtual machine).

Didn't really like it much.

 

Windows 10 is more refined, but also comes with added annoyances, hence the script.

[biatche]

Ive never used Registry.POL. Mind telling me how the attached Registry.POL is intended for use?

 

I copied it to system32\grouppolicy and then opened up gpedit.msc hoping to edit certain settings to my customization....  but when I ran gpresult /v it doesn't seem like there are any changes.

[ericgl]

One goes into: C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine

The other one to: C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\User

[biatche]

One goes into: C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine

The other one to: C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\User

 

The preconfigured registry.pol that you made includes -all- tweaks correct?

 

I actually wanna remove some of them and add a few of my own.

 

Would it be accurate to gpedit.msc (?must be an win10 LTSB machine?) and then copy registry.pol?