Disable "Microsoft Office Subscription Heartbeat" task
This script disables the "Microsoft Office Subscription Heartbeat" scheduled task. The primary function of the Office Subscription Heartbeat task is to periodically check the subscription status of Microsoft Office products, verifying their licenses are active and valid. This task actively communicates with Microsoft servers, transmitting Microsoft account data for license verification. Disabling this task improves privacy as it prevents these regular communications and data transmissions, thoug...
Disable Microsoft Office client telemetry
This script disables telemetry data collection in Microsoft Office applications. It improves your privacy by preventing Office from sending usage data and diagnostic information to Microsoft. This data may include details about your Office usage patterns, document content, and system information. The script may also improve system performance by reducing background processes related to data collection and transmission. Technical Details - The script modifies registry settings for multiple Office...
Disable Microsoft Office feedback
This script disables feedback collection in Microsoft Office applications. It enhances your privacy by blocking Office from collecting and sending your usage data to Microsoft. This limits the personal information Microsoft receives about how you use Office. It may also slightly boost system performance by removing background processes that collect feedback. Technical Details - This script configures "HKCU\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Office\\\\Common\\Feedback!Enabled" registry value. It affects Of...
Disable Microsoft Office logging
This script disables logging and data collection features in Microsoft Office applications. It improves your privacy by preventing Office from recording and potentially sharing information about your usage patterns and document activities. This data may include details about the files you open, edit, or create. The script may also improve system performance by reducing background processes related to logging and data collection. Technical Details - This script affects Office versions from 2013 t...
Disable Microsoft Office telemetry agent
This script disables the scheduled tasks associated with the Office telemetry agent. The Office Telemetry Agent, introduced in Office 2013, collects and uploads a variety of data for monitoring purposes. This data includes runtime logs, properties of Office documents, and other insights from Office applications. Notably, it can upload file names, paths, and document titles in their original format. The data is stored locally before being uploaded to a shared folder (at `%LOCALAPPDATA%\\Microsoft\\...
Disable user participation in Office Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)
This script disables user participation in the Microsoft Office Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). The CEIP allows Microsoft Office users to send usage information to Microsoft. When users join this program, Office applications transmit data to Microsoft about the user's interaction with the software. Part of this data includes identifying details, such as the user's IP address used during the data transfer. By default, when running Microsoft Office for the first time, users are giv...