MS Diagnostic Data Viewer - have you used it?

dalchina · 21 Sep 2023

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/wi...iewer-overview
How to Enable and Use Diagnostic Data Viewer in Windows 10 - MajorGeeks
How to enable and use Diagnostic Data Viewer in Windows 11/10

Hi, just wondered if anyone's had any experience of this and found it at all useful?

My first reaction was those morbidly fearful of telemetry might love it.
But it must have its uses.
Some displays appear less than obvious to me- hard to find clear summaries.

If you have an interesting or useful experience of using it, I'd be interested- thanks.

3Bit · 22 Sep 2023

I tried it for about less than five minutes.
You need to enable first, authorize fully diagnostics in Windows to see any results.
The latter setting is cynically to be found under "Privacy & Security".
It has to me the unpleasant taste of a sellout like the often found "You agree to our terms and privacy policy" if you click the button.
This means of course at that moment you have to first "opened all the doors" for Microsoft.
The latter being a company that has 1,500 lawyers on staff...

What you get can be summed up as "the good the bad and the ugly".

Not for me! I lived happily, functionally and peacefully without it and I can continue to live happily, functionally and peacefully without it!