We have already talked about the fact that many of the functions of Windows 10 collect private information about users, in order to make a personalized experience.
Windows 10 is free and full of features, but for Microsoft it is also a means of controlling people's habits so that we can improve the system based on the problems detected, in order to offer pleasant and useful functions and also to distribute advertising on its products, including Windows 10.
Just think of Cortana, the voice assistant capable of giving personalized information according to the research done and the applications used.
Microsoft therefore, as seen, includes an entire section for the Windows 10 Privacy settings that can be disabled, if you want to give up Cortana and other interactive system functions.
In addition to those settings, then, there are a whole series of Windows services that exchange information with Microsoft, some of which are rather useless and even annoying.
For example, the presence of advertising icons on the Start menu is absolutely unwelcome, referring to games or applications to be installed and it is also annoying to see warnings and questions appear on the lock screen.
Now, as looking for and blocking all the control, information collection and spy services becomes rather difficult and laborious and since some of these services are fundamental for the protection of the computer (such as the Windows Defender antivirus or the Smartscreen filter), it is very convenient have a tool that allows you to disable all Windows 10 spy options at once .
Among the automatic programs to block data collection services in Windows 10, the absolute best is, certainly, Shut Up 10, free and in Italian.
ShutUp 10 is a collection of options that can be turned on or off, which focuses on blocking all the data that is transmitted to Microsoft by the user while using the PC.
The program does not require installation and you just need to download and run it to bring up the interface with all the options divided by category .
The groups of options are:
- Privacy, including also the advertising ID.
- Privacy of apps, including access to user information and tracking of used apps.
- Security, including the options for Telemetry to be disabled and the Smartscreen filter options, not to be disabled.
- Microsoft Edge.
- Synchronization of Windows settings (which are very useful if you use multiple Windows 10 PCs).
- Cortana, which can therefore be deactivated completely if it is never used.
- Location and system identification services.
- User behavior tracking services.
- Windows Update (which I would still keep all active except Windows Update via Peer-to-peer).
- Windows Explorer
- Windows Defender (not to be disabled)
- Lock screen
- Other options including Feedback, search with Bing and installation of apps recommended by Microsoft.
To use the program quickly, you can press on the top of the Action menu and choose " apply all the recommended settings ".
To apply the changes, close the program, let a restore point be created, to go back at any time, and press the button to restart the PC.
The Action menu also allows you to return to the default settings by canceling all the changes and also to apply all the settings, not only therefore the recommended ones, to completely break any connection with Microsoft and the apps.
Final Note: This is a program that, personally, I use on every PC in which I have installed Windows 10, not so much to disable the spy options, but above all to block services that I don't need and that take up memory, as well as Cortana, who personally I don't use.
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Windows 10 is free and full of features, but for Microsoft it is also a means of controlling people's habits so that we can improve the system based on the problems detected, in order to offer pleasant and useful functions and also to distribute advertising on its products, including Windows 10.
Just think of Cortana, the voice assistant capable of giving personalized information according to the research done and the applications used.
Microsoft therefore, as seen, includes an entire section for the Windows 10 Privacy settings that can be disabled, if you want to give up Cortana and other interactive system functions.
In addition to those settings, then, there are a whole series of Windows services that exchange information with Microsoft, some of which are rather useless and even annoying.
For example, the presence of advertising icons on the Start menu is absolutely unwelcome, referring to games or applications to be installed and it is also annoying to see warnings and questions appear on the lock screen.
Now, as looking for and blocking all the control, information collection and spy services becomes rather difficult and laborious and since some of these services are fundamental for the protection of the computer (such as the Windows Defender antivirus or the Smartscreen filter), it is very convenient have a tool that allows you to disable all Windows 10 spy options at once .
Among the automatic programs to block data collection services in Windows 10, the absolute best is, certainly, Shut Up 10, free and in Italian.
ShutUp 10 is a collection of options that can be turned on or off, which focuses on blocking all the data that is transmitted to Microsoft by the user while using the PC.
The program does not require installation and you just need to download and run it to bring up the interface with all the options divided by category .
The groups of options are:
- Privacy, including also the advertising ID.
- Privacy of apps, including access to user information and tracking of used apps.
- Security, including the options for Telemetry to be disabled and the Smartscreen filter options, not to be disabled.
- Microsoft Edge.
- Synchronization of Windows settings (which are very useful if you use multiple Windows 10 PCs).
- Cortana, which can therefore be deactivated completely if it is never used.
- Location and system identification services.
- User behavior tracking services.
- Windows Update (which I would still keep all active except Windows Update via Peer-to-peer).
- Windows Explorer
- Windows Defender (not to be disabled)
- Lock screen
- Other options including Feedback, search with Bing and installation of apps recommended by Microsoft.
To use the program quickly, you can press on the top of the Action menu and choose " apply all the recommended settings ".
To apply the changes, close the program, let a restore point be created, to go back at any time, and press the button to restart the PC.
The Action menu also allows you to return to the default settings by canceling all the changes and also to apply all the settings, not only therefore the recommended ones, to completely break any connection with Microsoft and the apps.
Final Note: This is a program that, personally, I use on every PC in which I have installed Windows 10, not so much to disable the spy options, but above all to block services that I don't need and that take up memory, as well as Cortana, who personally I don't use.
READ ALSO: Options to disable to keep Windows 10 fast
