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Win10 Diagnostics Tracking Service Gone?

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November 18, 2015, 18:23(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

thpinpostlogoSo I’m writing the Privacy section of the Win10 tweak guide.
I get to the services I need to disable and the Diagnostics Tracking Service (DiagTrack) service is gone from all my Win10 installs and VM’s (all on verson 1511). This is the infamous Win10 “keylogger”. It seems Threshold 2 eliminated it? So I opened up a Win10 VM backup from August just to make sure I’m not hallucinating and DiagTrack is there. This is news to me and I can’t find any info on this. Is it gone for you too?
To find out press the Windows + R keys, type services.msc and press OK.
diagtrack
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UPDATE 0645hrs 19NOV2015
Thanks to a reader there is more info.
The Diagnostics Tracking Service (DiagTrack) service is not gone. Microsoft renamed it to the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry service.
Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky.
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Disable it via services. In the screen shots below I ran sc delete. As the name implies this DELETES the service and may cause issues later.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS. JUST DISABLE IT.
delete_diagtrack

 
For the Windows 7 Diagnostics Tracking Service please see:
https://www.tweakhound.com/2015/11/02/windows-7-diagnostics-tracking-service/

Tagged With: Windows 10

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Comments

  1. Kelly says

    November 18, 2015, 18:51(EST) at 18:51

    I can confirm for you that I also do not have the Diagnostics Tracking Service….Cheers!

  2. Sorry to inform says

    November 18, 2015, 21:15(EST) at 21:15

    No, it just doesn’t appear on the services management console.

    Cmd /k Sc query diagtrack

    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      November 19, 2015, 06:48(EST) at 06:48

      Post updated thanks to your input!

  3. Don Harrison says

    November 18, 2015, 21:31(EST) at 21:31

    Nice!

  4. James says

    November 19, 2015, 02:42(EST) at 02:42

    GOOD GRIEF CHARLIE BROWN! Micro$$oft have actually listened

    • James says

      November 19, 2015, 08:20(EST) at 08:20

      Well, they listened, then decided that if we couldn’t find it all the moaning would stop. *rolls eyes*

  5. John Hackney says

    November 19, 2015, 03:18(EST) at 03:18

    I can confirm what you saw and what Sorry to inform saw.

  6. Sorry to inform says

    November 19, 2015, 06:18(EST) at 06:18

    Like i wrote earlier, it’s still there. On services, under the name:
    “Connected User Experiences and Telemetry”

    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      November 19, 2015, 06:48(EST) at 06:48

      Post updated thanks to your input!

  7. el es says

    November 26, 2015, 04:55(EST) at 04:55

    Oh history, repeating itself all over again (MS Office OSA)…

  8. René Linssen says

    November 26, 2015, 09:58(EST) at 09:58

    The exact same tracking service occured on my system with Windows 7. Despite the fact my windows 7 is paid for. Fortunate it can be “frozen” the way this article describes. With many thanks to the author.

    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      November 26, 2015, 12:32(EST) at 12:32

      https://www.tweakhound.com/2015/11/02/windows-7-diagnostics-tracking-service/

  9. Pim Veld says

    November 26, 2015, 11:32(EST) at 11:32

    In my Windows 7 Professional system I also find a Diagnostics Tracking Service (DiagTrack) running.

    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      November 26, 2015, 12:32(EST) at 12:32

      https://www.tweakhound.com/2015/11/02/windows-7-diagnostics-tracking-service/

  10. ben says

    November 26, 2015, 13:35(EST) at 13:35

    Thanks, I stopped it.

  11. JackL says

    November 28, 2015, 13:30(EST) at 13:30

    That worked, thanks.

  12. iravd61 says

    December 2, 2015, 02:31(EST) at 02:31

    Thanks, I stopped it.

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