[ionised]

My Windows machine is for gaming only and I have no interest in Windows 10 cloud integration and data collection, much of which cannot be disabled or blocked.

I made the switch from Windows 7 a few days after release and I'm learning more and more about what is going on under the hood of Windows 10 that is making me seriously consider going back to Windows 7.

Windows 7 had reporting and telemetry, but not even in the same league as what is happening in Windows 10.

[snake117]

Seems like the title should be "upgrading to Windows 7".

[ionised]

I basically went to Windows 10 for DirectX 12.

Now I'm beginning to regret doing so.

[brink2death]

Would it be possible to 'hackport' DirectX 12 to Windows 7?

[ionised]

I don't think there is any technical reason why DX12 would not run on Windows 7.

It's just Microsoft being Microsoft and locking it to their new operating system the same way they did with DX10 and Windows Vista.

[yuhong]

You can't disable it unless you have enterprise edition, but you can select between levels of telemetry in Win10 I think.

[ionised]

I'm aware. I've gone to some extreme lengths to disable these things.

Group Policy editor, registry edits, hosts file additions and added entries to Comodo Firewall to block any suspicious Microsoft processes from making outbound connections.

[charlesray]

It's embarrassing how ignorant you are. Congrats on falling prey to fear mongering.