teleme7ry Disable telemetry in Windows 7

IMPORTANT

Teleme7ry has reached End of Life on April 26th, 2024. It no longer receives new features, updates, or fixes. However, it is still available for download.

I strongly recommend to upgrade to a supported Windows version and use alternative scripts, or switch to a Linux distribution.

About

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.

Getting Started

WARNING

Before you proceed, please make sure that:

• Windows Update DOES NOT install updates automatically.
• hosts file is not write protected. Some antivirus products make it read-only.
• You have read this page.

• 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:

Tasks

• 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

WARNING

Remember to hide the updates uninstalled by Teleme7ry.

Open the Control Panel and navigate to System and Security > Windows Update > Check for Updates and hide all the updates listed here, both under Important and Optional.

Credits

• How to stop Microsoft from gathering telemetry data from Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 - Super User
• Blocking Telemetry in Windows 7 and 8.1 - ghacks.net
• Privacy In Windows 7 - How To Disable Telemetry Data Collection - DeskRoll
• dwt_util.py - DisableWinTracking
• How to Avoid Windows 7's End-of-Support Nags - How-To Geek
• How to disable the "Your Windows 7 PC is out of support" full screen popup - ghacks.net
• Updates Blacklist - Blackbird

Source Code

The complete Teleme7ry source code is available on GitHub.

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