[dba-Tech] how to disable cortana advertising & snooping

[Peter Brawley]

On 4/10/2018 17:49, Jon Tydda wrote:
> Just remember that there’s a new version of Windows 10 due out soon and you’ll likely have to reset this registry key after applying that update.

Thanks. I try to minimise dependence on Microsoft---no Office, no MSDN, 
no use of Edge, no use of .Net except when absolutely necessary, the 
machine's set "metered" to block their endless, ad-polluted, 
time-consuming & sometimes unstable updates.

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> Also look for Spybot Anti-Beacon, that turns off a lot of telemetry too.

Thanks again, great heads-up.

PB

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> Or if you have an MSDN subscription, set up a domain and control it all through group policy.
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> Jon
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On 10 Apr 2018, at 20:54, Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> https://www.pcworld.com/article/2949759/windows/killing-cortana-how-to-disable-windows-10s-info-hungry-digital-assistant.html
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>> Heh, it took two years of using win 10 to learn how to do this, yikes.
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>> PB
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