Remove MS Allow Experimentation.

I have been customising my Win 10 and came across MS Experimentation which is set to 1 [default - allow experimentation of device settings]. The key can be found here . . .

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\System\AllowExperimentation

Is there any reason that anybody knows of, why I can NOT use this REG file that I have setup to set it to 0 [Disable experimentation]?

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created By: Paul Black.
; Created On: 19-Mar-2020.
; Purpose   : Remove MS Allow Experimentation [ Telemetry ].
;             Set to 0 to disable experimentation.
;             Set to 1 to allow experimentation of device settings [Default].
;             Set to 2 to allow FULL experimentation of device settings.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\System\AllowExperimentation]
"value"=dword:00000000

Thanks in advance.

Looks like it's harmless to set it to "0". Just a tid-bit of telemetry MS will get about your devices. You can say "NO"

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...in10itprosetup

Thanks for the reply @f14tomcat,

f14tomcat said:

Looks like it's harmless to set it to "0". Just a tid-bit of telemetry MS will get about your devices. You can say "NO"

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...in10itprosetup

I just read the link you provided and it appears that it is for the collection of data ONLY, and CANNOT physically change settings!

I will go ahead and apply the REG Tweak.

I will PM @Brink with this thread link in case he wants to add it to his great Tutorials!

Thanks again!

Thanks @Matthew Wai,

Matthew Wai said:

The following is my suggestion, which works in a CMD/batch script. Give it a go.

Code:

@echo off 
(Net session >nul 2>&1)||(PowerShell start """%~0""" -verb RunAs & Exit /B)
(REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\System\AllowExperimentation" /V "value" /T REG_DWORD /D 0 /F)
Echo  Press any key to exit. & pause > nul & Exit

The following is the output:

Another one to add to my scripts to be included for customisation.

If @Brink decides to add MS Experimentation to his great Tutorials perhaps he can also include the batch script!

The batch script would probably need to be like this . . .

Code:

@echo off

(Net session >nul 2>&1)||(PowerShell start """%~0""" -verb RunAs & Exit /B)
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\System\AllowExperimentation" /V "value" /T REG_DWORD /D 0 /F

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

Thanks @Matthew Wai,

Matthew Wai said:

At my end, the value data will be changed immediately without having to run the following:

Code:

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

I included that because it is standard usage by @Brink when he creates files of this type!

Hello @Matthew Wai,

Matthew Wai said:

Is there a rule that members have to follow Brink's examples in scripting?

No there isn't!