Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry

[Jeff Weaver]

My laptop was running really slow.  I opened the task manager and saw that CPU usage was 100%.  When I sorted the tasks by usage Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry was using over 30%.  So I killed it.  It started right back up. So I killed it again.

I did a search to see what this was and it's a program that sends telemetry data back to Microsoft on how your system is performing to help Microsoft improve their software.

I don't like sending data about my system to Microsoft.

I certainly do not think it is worth slowing my system down that much.  It's not worth 30% of my CPU usage.  (I don't think it would have stayed there but it shouldn't be grabbing 30% to begin with.)

I found the article below that tells you how to disable this.

Here's a link to the article.  I've pasted the pertinent information from the article below.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/permanently-disabling-windows-compatibility/6bf71583-81b0-4a74-ae2e-8fd73305aad1

Hi Vlad,

The Windows Compatibility Telemetry is a service in Windows 10 which contains technical data on how the device and its related software is working. It periodically sends the data to Microsoft for future improvement of the system and to enhance the user experience. To sort out your concern, you may disable this service from the Task Scheduler by following the steps below:

1. Click Start, type Task Scheduler, and then press Enter.
2. On the TaskScheduler window, go to this path: Task Scheduler Library\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience.
3. On the Application Experience folder, look for Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser.
4. Right-click on it, select Disable, and then confirm to complete the process.
5. Once you’re done, you may check if the issue persists.

If you have any questions let me know.

Jeff A Weaver