O&O ShutUp10 is a quick way to lock down Windows 10's many privacy settings and technologies. There's also a separate option to restore Windows 10's default privacy settings, which might also be handy if they're generally messed up and you'd like to start again. ShutUp10 offers to create a system restore point before it makes any changes, useful if your tweaking breaks something important and you need an 'undo'. There are options to disable only the worst offenders (turn off telemetry, peer-to-peer updates, keep Windows Update and SmartScreen), turn off everything, or tweak individual settings. These aren't always clearly described, but clicking any item displays more details on what it does. Launching the program displays almost 50 options, organised into various categories: Security (telemetry, wifi sense, DRM), Privacy (Cortana, input personalisation, app permissions), Windows Update (disable peer-to-peer updates, disable automatic updates) and more. In the same menu, there’s the option to restore a previously saved settings configuration.O&O ShutUp10 is a tiny portable tool which makes it easy to tweak Windows 10's many privacy settings. When you have everything figured out and working as intended, click the File menu and export the settings to a registry file. No need to worry, just go back and uncheck/disable that particular option in O&O ShutUp10 if you need to re-enable it. O&O Shut Up 10 doesn’t just disable settings but also blocks some services. One important caveat is that you could start to see a lot of options in the Settings app becoming unavailable. It will also recommend you run the program from time to time, especially after important system updates, as some settings will be reverted by Windows. O&O Shut Up 10 will inform you about that.

Note the factory settings option, which will restore everything to its default, so Windows can gather every bit of info about you as it pleases.ĭepending on what you check/uncheck, a system restart could be required.

I recommend you do a system restore point before applying anything. Apply all settings (disable everything).Apply recommended and somewhat recommended options.Still confused? Do what I did and click the Actions menu.

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