Windows 8 Preview Sends Feedback Automatically, Including Software ...

Windows 8 Preview Sends Feedback Automatically, Including Software and Hardware Info


Early adopters get to play with the Developer Preview of Windows 8 for free and Microsoft gets feedback in return.

This quid pro quo arrangement must already be familiar to all testers of the company’s software products, since it traditionally governs all pre-releases of future technologies from the Redmond giant.

Of course, Microsoft makes no secret about harvesting user data from early adopters testing Windows 8 Developer Preview Build 8102 Milestone 3 (M3).

Windows 8 Preview Sends Feedback Automatically, Including Software and Hardware Info - Softpedia
 
Is there any way to see what information it is sending? I'm worried that it isn't sending the information when my system freezes up every few hours.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS 1340 / Custom desktop
    CPU
    LT: Intel P8600 Core 2 Duo (2.4GHz) DT: QX9770 Core 2 Extreme
    Motherboard
    DT: DX48BT2 from Intel
    Memory
    LT: 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 DT: 8GB of OCZ DDR3 Dual Channel 1333Mhz Gold Series RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    LT: Nvidia 9400M G DT: GTX295
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DT: 2 Acer 23 iinch 1080p displays
    Screen Resolution
    LT: 1280x800 DT: 3840x1080
    Hard Drives
    LT: 320GB Seagate Momentus 7200rpm
    DT: 1TB Samsung HD103UJ 7200rpm
    PSU
    DT: 1000W Rosewill Bronze Series
    Case
    DT: Thermaltake Armor LCS
    Cooling
    DT: Custom assortment of wate rcooling parts
    Keyboard
    DT: Microsoft Sidewinder X4
    Mouse
    DT: Logitech wired USB mouse
    Internet Speed
    about 370KB/s down, 70KB/s up
I don't have much concern with them recording my data... in fact, I see it as a positive. I am benefiting the cause! ...or at least I think I am. :p
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Dev Preview x64
    CPU
    i7 950 3.06GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage III
    Memory
    G Skill 4GB DDR3 2000MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX570 1.25GB DDR5
    PSU
    Antec ATX TruePower 750W
    Case
    Antec Lanboy Air Red
The Customer experience improvement program can be turned off. But IDK whether WDP follows any rules.
 

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I don't want to turn it off. I just want to check to make sure that it is actually sending the data that I want it to send. I have been suffering from random freezes on my laptop (though strangely, not my desktop) since I moved to and adopted Windows 8 as my primary and only OS. The laptop freezes without warning and upon rebooting, the only evidence that I can find that anything went wrong was a message in the even log saying that the previous shutdown was unexpected. There is no crash dump. I hope they roll out the beta soon...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS 1340 / Custom desktop
    CPU
    LT: Intel P8600 Core 2 Duo (2.4GHz) DT: QX9770 Core 2 Extreme
    Motherboard
    DT: DX48BT2 from Intel
    Memory
    LT: 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 DT: 8GB of OCZ DDR3 Dual Channel 1333Mhz Gold Series RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    LT: Nvidia 9400M G DT: GTX295
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DT: 2 Acer 23 iinch 1080p displays
    Screen Resolution
    LT: 1280x800 DT: 3840x1080
    Hard Drives
    LT: 320GB Seagate Momentus 7200rpm
    DT: 1TB Samsung HD103UJ 7200rpm
    PSU
    DT: 1000W Rosewill Bronze Series
    Case
    DT: Thermaltake Armor LCS
    Cooling
    DT: Custom assortment of wate rcooling parts
    Keyboard
    DT: Microsoft Sidewinder X4
    Mouse
    DT: Logitech wired USB mouse
    Internet Speed
    about 370KB/s down, 70KB/s up
Just speculation, but have you tried reinstalling Windows 8 on your laptop, then immediately installing all available windows updates? Sometimes a fresh install might do better (seeing as there are a lot of weird bugs going around). Then slowly install each piece of software one by one, and see if you notice any more freezes.
If you freeze without the software and updates, you know it's a hardware issue, if it freezes with the updates, it's a windows system issue, and if you freeze with your programs it's a compatibility issue.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Dev Preview x64
    CPU
    i7 950 3.06GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage III
    Memory
    G Skill 4GB DDR3 2000MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX570 1.25GB DDR5
    PSU
    Antec ATX TruePower 750W
    Case
    Antec Lanboy Air Red
I did try a fresh install. I didn't try slowly reinstalling the software. I'll have to get on that...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS 1340 / Custom desktop
    CPU
    LT: Intel P8600 Core 2 Duo (2.4GHz) DT: QX9770 Core 2 Extreme
    Motherboard
    DT: DX48BT2 from Intel
    Memory
    LT: 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 DT: 8GB of OCZ DDR3 Dual Channel 1333Mhz Gold Series RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    LT: Nvidia 9400M G DT: GTX295
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DT: 2 Acer 23 iinch 1080p displays
    Screen Resolution
    LT: 1280x800 DT: 3840x1080
    Hard Drives
    LT: 320GB Seagate Momentus 7200rpm
    DT: 1TB Samsung HD103UJ 7200rpm
    PSU
    DT: 1000W Rosewill Bronze Series
    Case
    DT: Thermaltake Armor LCS
    Cooling
    DT: Custom assortment of wate rcooling parts
    Keyboard
    DT: Microsoft Sidewinder X4
    Mouse
    DT: Logitech wired USB mouse
    Internet Speed
    about 370KB/s down, 70KB/s up
This is what the ceip collects.

•Configuration Data (Hardware, Operating System, Feature configuration)
•Performance and Reliability Data (Application response times, connection speed, what caused an application to crash)
•Program use (the things you do with an application, but not the data you process)
 

My Computer

Hi there
MS ISN'T the evil empire it's often portrayed as being.

It's relatively simple to see what's being sent out over the internet -- just check the logs of your router.

If you are really worried about this type of application just install in a VM and either block or log the outgoing Internet requests.

Honestly I'd rather trust MS collecting information than giving my credit card or security details to some overseas Call Centre whenever I need to call my Bank.

At least Bill Gates (and even today) his foundation is one of the biggest charity sources in the world.

Without going too far into Politics -- Who would you rather trust - Lehman Bros, Dexian Bank or MS.

I know who I would choose.

Cheers
jimbo
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 X LG 40 inch TV
    Hard Drives
    SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
    2 X 3 TB sata
    5 X 1 TB sata
    Internet Speed
    0.12 GB/s (120Mb/s)
Hi there
MS ISN'T the evil empire it's often portrayed as being.

It's relatively simple to see what's being sent out over the internet -- just check the logs of your router.

If you are really worried about this type of application just install in a VM and either block or log the outgoing Internet requests.

Honestly I'd rather trust MS collecting information than giving my credit card or security details to some overseas Call Centre whenever I need to call my Bank.

At least Bill Gates (and even today) his foundation is one of the biggest charity sources in the world.

Without going too far into Politics -- Who would you rather trust - Lehman Bros, Dexian Bank or MS.

I know who I would choose.

Cheers
jimbo

I know, I'm not worried about Microsoft spying on me. I want to make sure they are getting the data. I have doubts that my laptop is uploading the data every time it freezes, since it doesn't even tell me that something has gone wrong.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS 1340 / Custom desktop
    CPU
    LT: Intel P8600 Core 2 Duo (2.4GHz) DT: QX9770 Core 2 Extreme
    Motherboard
    DT: DX48BT2 from Intel
    Memory
    LT: 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 DT: 8GB of OCZ DDR3 Dual Channel 1333Mhz Gold Series RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    LT: Nvidia 9400M G DT: GTX295
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DT: 2 Acer 23 iinch 1080p displays
    Screen Resolution
    LT: 1280x800 DT: 3840x1080
    Hard Drives
    LT: 320GB Seagate Momentus 7200rpm
    DT: 1TB Samsung HD103UJ 7200rpm
    PSU
    DT: 1000W Rosewill Bronze Series
    Case
    DT: Thermaltake Armor LCS
    Cooling
    DT: Custom assortment of wate rcooling parts
    Keyboard
    DT: Microsoft Sidewinder X4
    Mouse
    DT: Logitech wired USB mouse
    Internet Speed
    about 370KB/s down, 70KB/s up
I don't want to turn it off. I just want to check to make sure that it is actually sending the data that I want it to send. I have been suffering from random freezes on my laptop (though strangely, not my desktop) since I moved to and adopted Windows 8 as my primary and only OS. The laptop freezes without warning and upon rebooting, the only evidence that I can find that anything went wrong was a message in the even log saying that the previous shutdown was unexpected. There is no crash dump. I hope they roll out the beta soon...



There are several ways to find what the problem is. The best is to go into event viewer (type eventvwr in search). Event viewer (local) and look for the critical errors listed in the last day, week, etc. Then go to the windows log>application tab. Finally the windows Logs>system tabs.

You want to look for critical errors (they have red in the left column ).

When you find them you want to look for critical errors that say app hang, app crash, or anything that relates to the problem.

When you find them please note the event ID, and the source codes and tell us what they are.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WCP
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    2@ 4.9 Hz
    Memory
    64 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 9600
    Sound Card
    integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    300gig internal and a bunch ext
    Cooling
    not much
    Keyboard
    Built-in
    Mouse
    Logitch Anywhere Mx wireless mouse
    Internet Speed
    50 down 1.5 up
well the only errors that are showing up on any of these logs is event ID 41 from the kernel-power source. This is the "windows did not shutdown properly". This event has occurred 43 times in the last 15 days, every single time because the system froze.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS 1340 / Custom desktop
    CPU
    LT: Intel P8600 Core 2 Duo (2.4GHz) DT: QX9770 Core 2 Extreme
    Motherboard
    DT: DX48BT2 from Intel
    Memory
    LT: 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 DT: 8GB of OCZ DDR3 Dual Channel 1333Mhz Gold Series RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    LT: Nvidia 9400M G DT: GTX295
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DT: 2 Acer 23 iinch 1080p displays
    Screen Resolution
    LT: 1280x800 DT: 3840x1080
    Hard Drives
    LT: 320GB Seagate Momentus 7200rpm
    DT: 1TB Samsung HD103UJ 7200rpm
    PSU
    DT: 1000W Rosewill Bronze Series
    Case
    DT: Thermaltake Armor LCS
    Cooling
    DT: Custom assortment of wate rcooling parts
    Keyboard
    DT: Microsoft Sidewinder X4
    Mouse
    DT: Logitech wired USB mouse
    Internet Speed
    about 370KB/s down, 70KB/s up
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