Disabling Windows Compatability Telemetry

Anonymous
2015-09-23T22:34:38+00:00

Does anybody know how to stop the Windows Compatability Telemetry (CompatTelRunner.exe) from starting? It causes extremely high disk usage which results in large performance issues.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-02T13:10:10+00:00

    This is an absolute Microsoft setting-of-mind. I can't believe what I'm reading.

    They just write some kind of operating system "that just works". Some of the processes are just burning your computer, CPU temperatures of around 110 °C and 95% busy. Not to mention that I have an Intel Core i5 quadcore processor of high rate.

    The crappy code inside Windows OS is just destroying your computer from the inside and MS doesn't give a ****.

    Then I read a post which tells you to just let this crappy process do it's thing and wait a few hours until this process ends. Meanwhile you just have to (I don't know) make spaghetti sauce or something like that instead of doing work on your PC.

    Luckily, It's been a long time since I've had trouble with Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry, Virtual RAM and some more crappy processes. I hope it stays this way. With Microsoft you never know.

    I think this is what I did, and apparently solved the problem:

    https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/windows-10-microsoft-compatibility-telemetry-high-disk-usage-solved/

    Basically just create a registry value.

    1. Start regedit (windows + R -> regedit)
    2. Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection
    3. Create a DWORD-value named Allow Telemetry with value 0

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-02T13:06:18+00:00

    Are you saying that none of those four ways will disable the telemetry? And if they do disable it, just don't download any of the programs they offer. Very simple.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-01-02T12:56:10+00:00

    [SOLVED] - Here are four different ways to do it: 

    https://ugetfix.com/ask/how-to-disable-microsoft-compatibility-telemetry-compattelrunner-exe/           

    BEWARE: this is not a real article but a commercial to trick you into downloading borderline-scammy software.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-01-01T04:37:04+00:00

    This is my computer.  I paid for it.  I expect to be able to control my own computer.

    That's what makes this an emotional issue.

    Really stupid.

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