Windows 10: Disabling SnoopWare

I am using a W10 computer to run a small health device. It runs W10 Home, and doesn't need much to run it and I won't be running much other than that one program, and maybe Brave browser. I'm not very trusting of windows updates, and they activate automatically. To stop that, it seems to be quite convoluted.

I read I must activate gpedit.msc, which is not native to W10. So, I got it, then got errors running it, Snap In not working, seems more to do, edit the registry, blah blah blah.

How do I:

really turn off the auto-updates and thoroughly check for and disable any snoop-ware, spyware, tracking, etc, and although it will be online, make it as private as possible?

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Disabling Synaptic touchpad in Windows 10, and why it won't stay disabled. For a left handed person, it is disruptive.

Hi,

If you wish to disable your touchpad, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below.

• Press Windows Key +X.
• Select Device manager.
• Expand Mice and other pointing devices.
• Right click on Synaptic touchpad driver and select Disable.
• Click OK to confirm and check with the issue.

Please reply us with the status to assist you further.

 

Disabling laptop keyboard

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

As per the description. Let me help you in resolving the issue.

I suggest you follow the steps below and check if that helps:

• Press Windows + X and select
  Device Manager from the list.
• Find Keyboards in the list of devices and click the arrow to expand it.
  
• Right-click on the internal keyboard and click Disable. If there is no Disable option listed, click
  Uninstall.
• Click File>Exit. Your laptop’s internal keyboard should now be disabled.

Note: If you had to choose Uninstall instead of Disable in step 4, the keyboard will be automatically detected and re-installed if you ever have the Device Manager scan for new hardware for some reason. If that happens you’ll need to repeat this procedure
in order to uninstall it again.

Hope the information helps. Please let us know if the issue persist and we will be happy to assist you further.

 

How to disable the touchpad.

Hi Ralph,

There are a lot of factors for this issue to occur. To
isolate the issue, we have some questions for you:

• 
  Were there any changes made before the issue occur?
  
• 
  What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
  

If it is a tablet, the touchpad will not be disabled as a design. For more accurate information, we suggest that
you contact your manufacturer
for further assistance.

Update us on how
everything goes.

Regards.