Information
This policy setting specifies whether the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program can collect anonymous information about how Windows is used.
Microsoft uses information collected through the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program to improve features that are most used and to detect flaws so that they can be corrected more quickly. Enabling this setting will reduce the amount of data Microsoft is able to gather for this purpose. The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled
Large enterprise managed environments may not want to have information collected by Microsoft from managed client computers.
Solution
To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Enabled
Administrative Templates\System\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication settings\Turn off the Windows Messenger Customer Experience Improvement Program
Impact:
Windows Messenger will not collect usage information, and the user settings to enable the collection of usage information will not be shown.