Win10, Turn off ALL phone-home to MS

[fsecorAskWoody Plus]

Does anyone have a comprehensive list or website to refer me to to setup my new W-10 machine (I waited until I couldn’t avoid it) so that I can turn off ALL switches that will allow the machine to be “silent” ???

I’m even willing to set a FW rule to block outbound connections to any MS addresses that I can’t “turn off”.

I have to replace an XP machine and Dell won’t sell me a machine with a downgrade to Win7 that I have learned, long ago, how to “shut up”.

[MicrofixAskWoody MVP]

You could try Black Vipers Services configurations
I use an small utility for W10 1803 Pro (also W8) called Windows Privacy Dashboard
which takes care of F/W and some W10 privacy settings in an easy to use and access program. The F/W settings are updated on roughly a monthly basis due to MS updating of IP’s, be sure to check and update. The nice thing about this 3rd party app is the facility to revert to defaults using interface switches should anything go wonky (I’ve not experienced it in 2-3 months of use)

F/W settings are contained within 2 rules with multiple IP’s blocked within the scope of the rules. (see snip below)

HTH

| W10 Pro x64 1803 | W8.1 Pro x64 | Linux x64 Hybrids | W7/ XP Pro x64 O/L

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[bbearrenAskWoody MVP]

I use O&O ShutUp10 which works quite well, I think.

Create a fresh drive image before making system changes, in case you need to start over!

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