This week, Microsoft re-released the telemetry updates KB2952664 (for Windows 7) and KB2976978 (for Windows 8.1). While we don’t know what these will do this time around (Microsoft’s description is giving little away), in the past they triggered a snooping Windows task called DoScheduledTelemetryRun, and were linked to the infamous GWX (Get Windows 10) campaign that forced OS upgrades on unwilling Windows 7 and 8.1 users. Microsoft’s description says there’s no GWX or upgrade functionality in the updates this time around however. The KB information says simply: This update performs diagnostics on the Windows systems that participate in the Windows…
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