Windows 7/8/8.1 are also now running the telemetry and data gathering service, it was pushed earlier this year through Windows update (KB3022345).
You can at least disable the service and prevent it from running at startup:
How to disable the Diagnostics Tracking Service in Windows
I checked on my Windows 7 SP1 install and sure enough it was running.
Since Microsoft have recently announced that they will stop giving detailed patch notes for Windows updates, that probably means they'll push more of those.
You can at least disable the service and prevent it from running at startup:
How to disable the Diagnostics Tracking Service in Windows
I checked on my Windows 7 SP1 install and sure enough it was running.
Since Microsoft have recently announced that they will stop giving detailed patch notes for Windows updates, that probably means they'll push more of those.