Windows 81 And Windows Server 2012 R2 Privacy Statement For Installation Features Key [new] Jun 2026

The following feature key applies to Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2:

Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes. Always review the original Microsoft Privacy Statement for your specific licensing agreement.

However, the privacy statement still allows for —what roles and features (e.g., IIS, .NET Framework) you enable via the installation key are logged and sent if CEIP is active. For government or regulated industries, Microsoft provides a Group Policy to disable all telemetry (“Security” level only), but this must be applied during unattended installation via the Microsoft-Windows-DataCollection-Publisher component in an answer file. The following feature key applies to Windows 8

Windows Error Reporting (WER) sends crash logs to Microsoft when a feature or installation step fails. This can be turned off in the under System and Security > Action Center > Change Action Center settings > Problem reporting settings .

Transmits crash dumps and error logs when software malfunctions. For government or regulated industries, Microsoft provides a

A Key Management Service (KMS) host inside your firewall ensures that individual installation features keys never leave your network. Your servers only send a KMS request to your internal host, not Microsoft. The privacy statement notes that KMS activations transmit no personally identifiable information except a generic count of activated clients.

Information regarding the efficiency of the installation, error reports, and hardware configuration. Transmits crash dumps and error logs when software

Completely internal to the organization. Zero external data transmission occurs during this type of activation. Multiple Activation Key (MAK)

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection /v AllowTelemetry /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f