Jun 11, 2020 08:00:00

Software ``WPD'' that allows you to easily turn on and off task scheduler and services that make PC operation heavy for free and manage privacy information sent by Windows

Although Windows sends user information to Microsoft through the

Customer Experience Improvement Program and error reporting , the 'privacy settings' that determine whether each piece of information is sent are difficult for beginners to understand. ' WPD ' is free software that allows you to easily change various settings such as privacy settings that send various personal information, services that operate in the background, and scheduler that runs programs for a certain period of time.

WPD | The real privacy dashboard for Windows.
https://wpd.app/

First, access the official page and click 'Download' to download the software.

Unzip the downloaded file using Explzh or standard Windows decompression function, and double-click the generated 'WPD.exe' to start it.

WPD is software that does not require installation. The home screen looks like this, 'Privacy' that can manage each privacy setting, 'Blocker' that can block remote information collection and Windows update, and 'Apps' that can uninstall hidden applications are lined up.

The 'Privacy' screen looks something like this, and in the 'Local Group Policy' you can set permission to use Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program, Cortana, usage statistics, etc. The on/off of each item can be switched with the toggle button at the left end.

You can turn on and off the services and schedulers that run on Windows by scrolling.

Clicking 'Display advanced settings' at the bottom of the screen...

You can also set permissions such as permission to publish

user activities , permission to synchronize PC settings, permission for antivirus with Windows Defender , permissions for Windows applications such as access to calendar information and microphone.

Click the red frame on the left side of the screen to open the 'Blocker' setting screen.

On the 'Blocker' screen, there are three menus, 'Spy' that can block information collection by Windows, 'Extra' that can block apps by Microsoft such as Skype and OneDrive, and 'Update' that can block Windows Update. ..

First, select the blocking method. You can choose from two methods: using the

firewall function of Windows Defender or using the Windows filtering platform . It is important to note that if you turn the setting that uses the firewall function on or off, the settings for ' Firewall and network protection ' will change accordingly. This time I will try the blocking method using the Windows Filitting Platform.

Select each item to turn on the block function. This time, select 'Update' to block Windows Update.

Then, even when trying to apply Windows Update, the message 'Cannot connect to the update service' appears and the update cannot be downloaded. It seems that it is forcibly blocking the update.

When 'Extra' is blocked, it seems that the communication of the Microsoft application that is not standardly installed in Windows is blocked, and the search of Bing that can be executed from the start menu was disabled.

Click the tile icon on the left edge of the screen to open the 'Uninstall' setting screen.

On the 'Uninstall' setting screen, you can delete installed apps. What is different from the standard Windows uninstall method using '

Apps and Features ' is that you can also delete apps that cannot be uninstalled using normal methods such as 'Microsoft Pay'.

Select the application you want to delete and click 'Delete Selected' to start the uninstallation. There is no confirmation dialog such as 'Are you sure you want to delete it?', and the uninstallation starts immediately, so be careful when deleting.