Turn off Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program
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Computer
Category
System > Internet Communication Management > Internet Communication settings
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting turns off the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program. The Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program collects information about your hardware configuration and how you use our software and services to identify trends and usage patterns. Microsoft will not collect your name, address, or any other personally identifiable information. There are no surveys to complete, no salesperson will call, and you can continue working without interruption. It is simple and user-friendly. If you enable this policy setting, all users are opted out of the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program. If you disable this policy setting, all users are opted into the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program. If you do not configure this policy setting, the administrator can use the Problem Reports and Solutions component in Control Panel to enable Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program for all users.

Internal name
CEIPEnable
Policy ID
856371a729de
Elements
0

Registry values

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ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows
Value name
CEIPEnable
REG_DWORD
HKLM
0
HKLM
1
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows
Value name
CEIPEnable
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1

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