Disable Update Compliance processing of diagnostics data
- Windows onlyThis script improves your privacy on Windows
- Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
- Impact: Minimum
System Functionality / Data 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.
- Administrator rights requiredThis script requires privilege access to do the system changes
- Fully reversible
You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using this website.
The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.
Overview
Update Compliance is a service provided by Microsoft hosted in Azure, which uses Windows diagnostic data 1. This service doesn't meet the US Government community compliance (GCC) requirements 1, and is utilized by both Desktop Analytics and Azure Update Management 1.
This script is designed to disable the Update Compliance processing of diagnostic data on your device. When this script is run, it modifies the system registry to prevent diagnostic data from your device being processed by Update Compliance. This change in settings increases the privacy of your device by limiting the diagnostic data that can be accessed and analyzed by Microsoft's services.
Diagnostic data, in this context, includes information about device health, system events, and usage metrics. By disabling the processing of this data, the script helps protect the privacy of your activities on your device 1.
This script can be reversed at any time by using the provided revertCode
if you decide to re-enable the processing
of diagnostic data by Update Compliance.
In technical terms, the script sets the AllowUpdateComplianceProcessing
value in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection
registry path to 0, which disables the processing of
diagnostic data by Update Compliance 2.
Sources
- Get started with Update Compliance - Windows Deployment. Microsoft Docs. (2022).
Original: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/update-compliance-get-started
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20220703201221/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/update-compliance-get-started - Allow Update Compliance Processing. (2022).
Original: https://admx.help
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20220610123725/https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.DataCollection::AllowUpdateComplianceProcessing
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:: Set the registry value: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection!AllowUpdateComplianceProcessing"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection'; $data = '0'; reg add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection' /v 'AllowUpdateComplianceProcessing' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
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Paste the commands into Command Prompt and press Enter to run.Some changes require a system restart to take effect
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