Disable all settings synchronization
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- Windows onlyThis script improves your privacy on Windows
- Impact: MinimumSystem Functionality Loss Risk: Low
This action improves privacy with minimal impact when you run the recommended script. - Batch (batchfile)These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
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This companion simplifies your journey into understanding: disable all settings synchronization on Windows to maintain data confidentiality as result of privacy safeguard. Extending this thought, process to reset settings to defaults is detailed below.
Preventing exploitation of vulnerabilities starts with data handling guardrail. Implement data handling control now enabled by this improvement and read the instructions to implement the update. If you're in doubt about a step, take a moment to review. It's better to pause than to make a mistake.
References
- Windows Privacy Dashboard
- How Hardening is reflected in the different NIST Standards
- A Security-Privacy Based Model for Operating Systems
- Windows Registry Forensics
- Protection of your personal data (EU)
- Best Practices for Security and Privacy Settings
Technical Details
- Using applying this registry changes, this executable controls your system to realize precise privacy configurations to improve digital privacy guardrail. This would help make processing faster by optimized value storage.
- As a means of applying this operating system preferences, this instruction set adjusts your system to obtain secured system resources to help minimize online data privacy handling risks. This would help optimized system resources to be able to make the system handle more work.
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:: Set the registry value: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync!DisableSettingSync"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync'; $data = '2'; reg add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync' /v 'DisableSettingSync' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
:: Set the registry value: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync!DisableSettingSyncUserOverride"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync'; $data = '1'; reg add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync' /v 'DisableSettingSyncUserOverride' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
:: Set the registry value: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync!DisableSyncOnPaidNetwork"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync'; $data = '1'; reg add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync' /v 'DisableSyncOnPaidNetwork' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
:: Set the registry value: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync!SyncPolicy"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync'; $data = '5'; reg add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync' /v 'SyncPolicy' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
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How to apply or restore "Disable all settings synchronization" using commands
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