xpman Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Is there any way to configure the Windows 8.1 privacy settings as part of automated setup? It looks like I can skip the audit (i.e. do what you manually do when using express settings), but I do not find a component that contains the indivdual settings such as location tracking (to turn them off).After installation, I tracked downSystemSettings_Privacy_EnableAppsUseOfAccountInfo within the current user's "Control Panel\Usage\" keyHowever, after disabling everythin, the value is set to 1.Strangely enough, Google hast 3 hits for that value name.Within this forum, I did not even find a post searching for "privacy".I would already be glad for suggestion what to search for instead, I have not even found a list of the real audit sub-stage names so far (i.e. how each screen within user audit is actually called, so I can search for it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpman Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Ok, it looks like for now, the following reg key actually do the job.Still, I would prefer to configure this within the answer file ... but I guess no one has succeeded in that?[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Usage]"SystemSettings_Privacy_EnableAppsUseOfAccountInfo" = "1;130316713108741481;SettingsPagePrivacyGeneral;SettingsGroupPrivacy;SystemSettings_Privacy_EnableAppsUseOfAccountInfo""SystemSettings_Privacy_AdvertisingIdEnabled" = "1;130316713138441397;SettingsPagePrivacyGeneral;SettingsGroupPrivacy;SystemSettings_Privacy_AdvertisingIdEnabled""SystemSettings_Privacy_EnableCollectionOfUrlsAppsUse" = "1;130316713186078936;SettingsPagePrivacyGeneral;SettingsGroupPrivacy;SystemSettings_Privacy_EnableCollectionOfUrlsAppsUse""SystemSettings_Privacy_LocationEnabled" = "1;130316713379516147;SettingsPagePrivacyLocation;SettingsGroupPrivacyLocationGlobals;SystemSettings_Privacy_LocationEnabled""SystemSettings_Privacy_WebcamEnabled" = "1;130316713511393711;SettingsPagePrivacyWebcam;SettingsGroupPrivacyWebcamGlobals;SystemSettings_Privacy_WebcamEnabled""SystemSettings_Privacy_MicrophoneEnabled" = "1;130316713715452903;SettingsPagePrivacyMicrophone;SettingsGroupPrivacyMicrophoneGlobals;SystemSettings_Privacy_MicrophoneEnabled""SystemSettings_Language_Web_Content_Control" = "1;130316991480728246;SettingsPagePrivacyGeneral;SettingsGroupPrivacy;SystemSettings_Language_Web_Content_Control" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DosProbie Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 You can easily add the reg key from your answer file at the First Logon Commands section..DP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpman Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 You can easily add the reg key from your answer file at the First Logon Commands section..DP Thanks, that is actually what I am already doing (to be able to roll out the settings to all users via CopyProfile).I was just wondering why it should not be possible to configure an essential part of the setup using autounattend. My conclusion is that Microsoft really does not *want* to offer this easily. Anything else you can put into the xml file. Looks intentional. Unless - which I still hope - I am just missing the right solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I would suggest sending NoelC a PM and ask him to please comment in this thread if he is aware of anything.Cheers and Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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