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The default-enabled Windows 10 telemetry feature set periodically sends usage and performance data to select Microsoft IP addresses.

Windows 10 transmits the following data back to the company:

You can disable UAC either manually by following this how-to or by running the script ShutupTelemetry.bat

STEP 1. Open notepad.exe

1. Press WINLOGO + R keys on your keyboard to open the Run dialog.

2. Type or copy/paste (select, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V) the command

notepad %windir%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

3. Click the OK button

STEP 2. Download hosts files

4. Open FireFox web browser.

5. Open the following URLs one by one if FireFox:

and perform steps 3 and 4 for each of the addresses.

STEP 3. Copy text to clipboard

6. Click anywhere on the page.

7. Press Ctrl+A keys to select all text.

8. Press Ctrl+C keys to copy selected text to Windows clipboard.

STEP 4. Update etc\hosts files

9. Switch to the opened notepad window (see the Step 1 above). You can do this by pressing Alt+Tab keys.

10. Place text cursor at the end of the document - click anywhere and press Ctrl+End keys.

11. Paste text by pressing Ctrl+V keys

12. Place text cursor at the end of the document - press 2 times the Enter key. Return to the #5 and repeat step for the rest or URLs.

STEP 5. Close notepad window

13. Open the File menu - click or press Alt-F keyes.

14. Save the document - click the Save menu or press Ctrl-S.

15. Close the window.

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