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Disable telemetry in Windows 7

This batch script will remove telemetry and nagware-related Tasks, Services and Updates. It will also block telemetry domains and IPs.

For more details refer to the Wiki.

• Download the latest version of Teleme7ry
• Run teleme7ry.bat with elevated privileges
  • Teleme7ry will run some checks and if they are successful you will be presented with this display:

• 1. Create a restore point
  • A system restore point with the name "Teleme7ry vX.Y" will be created
    • Make sure that System Restore is enabled otherwise the task will fail
• 2. Stop and delete telemetry services
  • Telemetry services will be stopped and deleted You can see the full list here
• 3. Delete telemetry and nagware tasks
  • Telemetry and nagware tasks will be deleted You can see the full list here
• 4. Block telemetry domains and IPs
  • Teleme7ry rules will be merged with the hosts file You can see all the rules here
  • Duplicate lines inside the hosts file, if any, will be removed (due to limitations, this includes hosts entries that have nothing to do with telemetry)
• 5. Uninstall telemetry and nagware updates
  • Telemetry and Nagware updates will be uninstalled You can see the full list here
  • Your computer will be restarted aftwerwards
• A (case insensitive) Automatic mode: Perform all of the above tasks
  • The script will go through every task above, in order
• Q (case insensitive) Quit
  • The script will quit without making any change to the system

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