Win 7 or 8 microsoft spyware

From http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7898373&cid=50383761

See the command line version, provided by a commenter, below the manual version here:

Remove the following updates (if installed already)

KB971033 Description of the update for Windows Activation Technologies
KB2952664 Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7
KB2990214 Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows 7 to a later version of Windows
KB3021917 Update for Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program
KB3022345 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
KB3035583 Update installs Get Windows 10 app in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1
KB3044374 Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to a later version of Windows
KB3068708 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
KB3075249 Update that adds telemetry points to consent.exe in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7
KB3080149 (update for CEIP and telemetry)

run cmd as administrator

sc stop Diagtrack
sc delete Diagtrack

*Task Scheduler Library:

Everything under “Application Experience”
Everything under “Autochk”
Everything under “Customer Experience Improvement Program”
Under “Disk Diagnostic” only the “Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector”
Under “Maintenance” “WinSAT”
“Media Center” and click the “status” column, then select all non-disabled entries and disable them.

*services.msc:

“Remote Registry” to “Disabled” instead of “Manual”.

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Or for the CLI inclined:

wusa /uninstall /kb:971033 /quiet /norestart
wusa /uninstall /kb:2952664 /quiet /norestart
wusa /uninstall /kb:2990214 /quiet /norestart
wusa /uninstall /kb:3021917 /quiet /norestart
wusa /uninstall /kb:3022345 /quiet /norestart
wusa /uninstall /kb:3035583 /quiet /norestart
wusa /uninstall /kb:3044374 /quiet /norestart
wusa /uninstall /kb:3068708 /quiet /norestart
wusa /uninstall /kb:3075249 /quiet /norestart
wusa /uninstall /kb:3080149 /quiet /norestart
sc stop diagtrack
sc delete diagtrack
schtasks /delete /f /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\AitAgent"
schtasks /delete /f /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser"
schtasks /delete /f /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\ProgramDataUpdater"
schtasks /delete /f /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Autochk\Proxy"
schtasks /delete /f /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\Consolidator"
schtasks /delete /f /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\KernelCeipTask"
schtasks /delete /f /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\UsbCeip"
schtasks /delete /f /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector"
schtasks /delete /f /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\WinSAT"