Hi Pol, a great tool - I can recommend it. Groetjes
I used it a few days after I got my win10 laptop some time ago, I think it was bob3160 who mentioned it a very long time ago.
I posted to bob3160 about this and am awaiting his appreciated view.
Are users aware of the existence of this tool:-> https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
It is used to set Windows 10 into hush-telemetry-mode.This even for settings that Microsoft said were not possible to alter.
In my country it has enthusiastic users.This tool comes inparticularly handy when the telemetry settings have been altered through an Windows 10update or patch.
Anyone on this, and of course I wait for bob3160’s final verdict.On VT this O&O software seems above board, given as clean here:
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/ip-address/5.35.253.237/relations (see under scanned URLs and files there)polonus
Damian,
You asked me if I ever heard of this tool?
This should answer your question. Note, my date of making folks aware of this tool goes all the way back to 2015.
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=156141.msg1249912#msg1249912
It’s also one of the recommended items in my follow-up email to those that attend my presentations.
Why is Microsoft installing this “autopilot” update (crap) on a home PC, what doesn’t even have the autopilot function?
Why is Microsoft installing this “autopilot” update (crap) on a home PC, what doesn’t even have the autopilot function?
Perhaps this is something you should ask of MS or one of the MS forums.
They have a habit of piling unwanted on cr4p on to systems. I have absolutely no interest in the One Drive, but on virtually every update I get it trying to add a start up entry.
TheSharku post:2144:Why is Microsoft installing this “autopilot” update (crap) on a home PC, what doesn’t even have the autopilot function?
Perhaps this is something you should ask of MS or one of the MS forums.
Some info about Autopilot https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/windows-autopilot/windows-autopilot
DavidR post:2145: TheSharku post:2144:Why is Microsoft installing this “autopilot” update (crap) on a home PC, what doesn’t even have the autopilot function?
Perhaps this is something you should ask of MS or one of the MS forums.
Some info about Autopilot https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/windows-autopilot/windows-autopilot
So really, unless you’re a IT Pro (Manager) you don’t need this install?
CraigB post:2146: DavidR post:2145: TheSharku post:2144:Why is Microsoft installing this “autopilot” update (crap) on a home PC, what doesn’t even have the autopilot function?
Perhaps this is something you should ask of MS or one of the MS forums.
Some info about Autopilot https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/windows-autopilot/windows-autopilot
So really, unless you’re a IT Pro (Manager) you don’t need this install?
It really doesn’t look like something that should be even offered to Home users.
EDIT: That said it bloody sat there as ‘Pending Download’ nothing optional about it.
There is one optional update pending, I think this one I didn’t download last time round Cumulative Update KB4522355.
I have just paused updates for 7 days and see if this gets sorted.
I have Windows 10 Pro and it’s not installed on my system.
Sounds to me like something installed by the user.
It was offered to some others as well, from what I gathered in my Reddit thread about this. Also it seems like it really shouldn’t’ve been offered to home users, like already noted here, so it’s Microsoft acting up again probably
It was offered to some others as well, from what I gathered in my Reddit thread about this. Also it seems like it really shouldn’t’ve been offered to home users, like already noted here, so it’s Microsoft acting up again probably
Sorry but without some actual facts, I’m not about to blame Microsoft for this one. They have enough things to be blamed for already.
Sorry but without some actual facts, I’m not about to blame Microsoft for this one. They have enough things to be blamed for already.
If they’re already to blame for a lot of mishap then it’s only logical to think that they’re totally capable of making mistakes in other areas too, don’t you think?
bob3160 post:2151:Sorry but without some actual facts, I’m not about to blame Microsoft for this one. They have enough things to be blamed for already.
If they’re already to blame for a lot of mishap then it’s only logical to think that they’re totally capable of making mistakes in other areas too, don’t you think?
Not without definitive proof.
It was offered to some others as well, from what I gathered in my Reddit thread about this. Also it seems like it really shouldn’t’ve been offered to home users, like already noted here, so it’s Microsoft acting up again probably
Hopefully it will be withdrawn before my 7 day pause updates ends, or it may have to get extended.
Having read the article on what this Windows Auto pilot is about, there is absolutely no requirement for it as a stand alone Home system. At the very least it should have been optional.
TheSharku post:2150:It was offered to some others as well, from what I gathered in my Reddit thread about this. Also it seems like it really shouldn’t’ve been offered to home users, like already noted here, so it’s Microsoft acting up again probably
Hopefully it will be withdrawn before my 7 day pause updates ends, or it may have to get extended.
Having read the article on what this Windows Auto pilot is about, there is absolutely no requirement for it as a stand alone Home system. At the very least it should have been optional.
How do you uninstall an update that appears wasn’t optional.
I can’t remember the specific KB # for that download…anyone know for sure?
DavidR post:2154: TheSharku post:2150:It was offered to some others as well, from what I gathered in my Reddit thread about this. Also it seems like it really shouldn’t’ve been offered to home users, like already noted here, so it’s Microsoft acting up again probably
Hopefully it will be withdrawn before my 7 day pause updates ends, or it may have to get extended.
Having read the article on what this Windows Auto pilot is about, there is absolutely no requirement for it as a stand alone Home system. At the very least it should have been optional.
How do you uninstall an update that appears wasn’t optional.
I can’t remember the specific KB # for that download…anyone know for sure?
You can view your recent updates and can select the one you want to remove. Autopilot is KB4523786, the other one was Cumulative Update for .NET Framework KB4522741.
schmidthouse post:2155: DavidR post:2154: TheSharku post:2150:It was offered to some others as well, from what I gathered in my Reddit thread about this. Also it seems like it really shouldn’t’ve been offered to home users, like already noted here, so it’s Microsoft acting up again probably
Hopefully it will be withdrawn before my 7 day pause updates ends, or it may have to get extended.
Having read the article on what this Windows Auto pilot is about, there is absolutely no requirement for it as a stand alone Home system. At the very least it should have been optional.
How do you uninstall an update that appears wasn’t optional.
I can’t remember the specific KB # for that download…anyone know for sure?You can view your recent updates and can select the one you want to remove. Autopilot is KB4523786, the other one was Cumulative Update for .NET Framework KB4522741.
Thanks David.
I’ve also paused for 7 days. Unfortunately the 3786 update can’t be seperated from the .Net download like the old days you could “check mark” the updates you wanted and left the ones you didn’t.
My question is if I install the Auto Pilot and then uninstall, will it then come back and offered again ???
How do you uninstall an update that appears wasn’t optional.
I can’t remember the specific KB # for that download…anyone know for sure?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4523786/cumulative-update-for-autopilot-in-windows-10-version-1903
This is the link to the update’s info page
And pay attention, even this page says:“Windows Autopilot update is never offered to Windows 10 Home.”
schmidthouse post:2155:How do you uninstall an update that appears wasn’t optional.
I can’t remember the specific KB # for that download…anyone know for sure?https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4523786/cumulative-update-for-autopilot-in-windows-10-version-1903
This is the link to the update’s info page
And pay attention, even this page says:“Windows Autopilot update is never offered to Windows 10 Home.”
OK, well obviously there are those here that have it sitting in updates ready to be downloaded, go figure
schmidthouse post:2155:How do you uninstall an update that appears wasn’t optional.
I can’t remember the specific KB # for that download…anyone know for sure?https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4523786/cumulative-update-for-autopilot-in-windows-10-version-1903
This is the link to the update’s info page
And pay attention, even this page says:“Windows Autopilot update is never offered to Windows 10 Home.”
Well they could say it “is never offered to Windows 10 Home” it was effectively a compulsory update (not optional), rammed down the users throat.