By default, your Windows PC is watching your every move and sending the data it collects about your computer usage back to Microsoft.
Unfortunately, there are a couple of serious issues with this…
First of all, it’s an invasion of your privacy. Does Microsoft really need to know what you use your computer for?
Next, all that data collection and transmission that’s taking place in the background can negatively affect the performance of your machine and use up a good chunk of your monthly Internet data allotment (if your Internet service plan has one).
Luckily, it’s very easy to disable the Windows service that’s responsible for much of the data collection and transmission that’s taking place. It’s called “Connected User Experiences and Telemetry” and this video shows how to disable it.
Do you prefer following written instructions? If so, here you go…
Note: There are several ways to disable “Connected User Experiences and Telemetry” but the one that seems to work best over the long term is actually disabling it via the Services app. Here’s how:
1 – Click the Start button and type the word services, then select Services from the list of search results.
2 – Scroll down the list of services and right-click on Connected User Experiences and Telemetry, then click Properties.
3 – Change the “Startup type” setting to Disabled.
4 – In the “Service status” field, click Stop.
5 – Click OK and then close the Services app.
That’s all there is to it. That sneaky service is no longer collecting info about your computing activities and transmitting it back to Microsoft.