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an app to search for it, the apps that Windows thinks you most

likely want appear at the top of the results list. This option provides
the data to help it make that determination; this data also shapes
the “Most used” apps list (“All Apps”).

Show me suggested content in the Settings app. Microsoft says
your various Settings panes may occasionally display little bits of
text that help you “discover new features within Settings, or

suggest new content and apps you may find interesting.” Few
people have actually witnessed this feature in action, but in any
case, here’s the Off switch.

Speech, Inking, & Typing

To improve the accuracy of speech recognition and handwriting
recognition, Microsoft analyzes your voice and handwriting, which of

course means collecting data from you. You can turn all this off here, but
you will no longer be able to speak to Cortana, and the accuracy of
Windows’ autocomplete typing suggestions and handwriting recognition

will decline, because those will no longer be personalized to your style.

Diagnostics & Feedback

Like any operating-system purveyor, Microsoft routinely collects behind-

the-scenes records of what’s happening on your PC (and millions of others).
All of this data is collected and poured into a gigantic data soup that
Microsoft’s engineers can study to find patterns—and thereby eliminate

crashes, make things faster, and improve the next Windows versions.

This dashboard lets you control, view, and even delete this stuff:

Diagnostic data. Here you can specify whether you want only
Basic data sent to Microsoft (what PC you have and whether it’s

OK) or Full data (what you’ve been doing on your PC).

Improve inking and typing recognition. Is it OK to send
anonymized records of your handwriting and typing patterns back