Windows Privacy Dashboard

Well count your blessings then. I did tweak and disable most Windows tasks as well like customer improvement program related stuff, diagnostics data, etc. but when I got rid of the IP Address blocking Windows got activated right away.

 

Weird. 8 machines and all the same. Have also swapped to different Win 10 versions + Win 7 and Win 8.1 for benching. Nothing as what you have seen.

 

I have found it impossible to activate when WPD is enabled prior to activation. However, I have not have any problem from using WPD after I have already activated Windows. If you think about it, that kind of makes sense. Once you have activated Windows there is no more need for your PC to phone home. Whenever possible, I choose phone activation with internet access disabled.

 

That's what I would've thought too but it wasn't the case. I lost my activation until I had that stuff disabled.

 

Strange. There's always going to be something goofy happening with Windows 10. It's a goofy product, made by goofy people. Maybe it was something related to Micro$lop Store. I don't have that installed on LTSC.

 

Weird if none have seen it and pushed out a bug report. I'm sure many don't want the Micro$lop Store on their computers,

https://wpd.app/contact/

Btw. With all my testing I have also had Micro$lop Store installed.

 

Do you guys use WPD and OOshutup at the same time?

 

Yes. At least me. As well set metered connections and use WUB.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...stallation-guide.781178/page-64#post-10785713

Another option is...
StopUpdates10 — New tool to stop Windows Updates +++

 

Tomorrow is patch Tuesday, so everyone needs to be sure they are "patched" to stop patches. Even Woody agrees...

https://www.computerworld.com/artic...-is-tomorrow-get-your-system-locked-down.html