📜 VBScript (WSH)
Disable Windows Telemetry (VBScript)
Lowers the diagnostic data Windows sends to Microsoft (requires admin). Requires an elevated (Administrator) prompt. Applies the tweak via WScript.Shell.RegWrite.
SetDisableTelemetry.vbs
' ============================================================
' SetDisableTelemetry.vbs
'
' Disable Windows Telemetry.
' Lowers the diagnostic data Windows sends to Microsoft (requires admin). Requires an elevated (Administrator) prompt.
'
' Usage: cscript SetDisableTelemetry.vbs
' ============================================================
Option Explicit
Dim objShell
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
On Error Resume Next
objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection\AllowTelemetry", 0, "REG_DWORD"
If Err.Number = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "Disable Windows Telemetry applied."
Else
WScript.Echo "Failed to apply tweak (Error " & Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description & ")"
End If
On Error Goto 0