[Lucky9teen]

Spybot Anti-Beacon is a standalone tool which was designed to block and stop the various tracking (telemetry) issues present in Windows 10. It has since been modified to block similar tracking functionality in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems.

Anti-Beacon is small, simple to use, and is provided free of charge. It was created to address the privacy concerns of users of Windows 10 who do not wish to have information about their PC usage sent to Microsoft. Simply clicking “Immunize” on the main screen of Anti-Beacon will immediately disable any known tracking features included by Microsoft in the operating system.

[poconopundit]

Thanks, I’m trying this.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Thank you for the spybot anti-beacon link. I just ran it.

[Techster]

Thanks for the tip.

[Company Man]

Privacy intrusions aside, Windows 10- is lightweight, easy to use and fast. Spybot antibeacon, from the developers of the well regarded Spybot Search and Destroy anti-spyware utility, saves hours of digging into various UI elements and registry keys to rein in Microsoft's excesses.

All in all, I'm very happy with the performance of Windows 10. Even my transition to 64-bit was seamless, with my Video Card, on-board sound and other devices all receiving 64bit driver support automatically as part of the install.