Win7/Win8.1 installed these four updates, learn Win10 information collection skills

Computer shop news: Win10 desktop version of the new features such as Cortana, although bringing a lot of convenience to users, but also caused a lot of users worry, because once you use these features, your own information and data will be in front of Microsoft nothing left. Due to the consideration of information and privacy security, many users have abandoned the use of various functions related to privacy in Windows 10, and even fall back to Win7/Win8.1.

However, Windows 7/Windows 8.1 is no longer a “safe haven”, and data collection has been added to both systems through updates. Recently, a small wave of update patches has quietly arrived. The main function is to add diagnostic and telemetry tracking services to Win7/Win8.1<quo;,"Add telemetry points for User Account Control (UAC) to collect low integrity information. ”.

These related updates include KB3068708, KB3022345, KB3075249, and KB3080149. Foreign media said that once users have installed any or all of these four patches, Win7/Win8.1 information collection will begin, the method is equivalent to Win10 system.

So, if you don't want to share information with Microsoft, you can uninstall the above four patches, which has no effect on the normal use of the system. You can uninstall these updates in the Control Panel, or you can uninstall them directly by executing the following commands in the "Command Prompt" dialog box