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GPO for telemetry set to "Security", regedit still showing AllowTelemetry "3". Is it still effectively "0"?

I have a GPO that sets "Diagnostics and usage data" to "Security". (see picture)

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From what I understand this should set "AllowTelemetry" value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollection to "0". When I check regedit this value is still "3".

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I am pretty sure telemetry is disabled as it's listed as "stopped" when run get-service diagtrack in powershell, so basically the question I am asking is:

If a GPO is in place which sets "Diagnostic and usage data" to security level, does this mean AllowTelemetry is "0" even though the regedit key shows "3"?

Solution

  • My bad, I went to 

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollection

    Where AllowTelemetry is '3'

    instead of the correct path which is

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection

    Where AllowTelemetry is '0'

    Problem solved.