How to disable the Customer Experience Improvement Program within Windows 7

To disable the Customer Experience Improvement Program within Windows 7, click on the Start Menu and type “customer”.  One of the available selections should be Control Panel –> Change Customer Experience Improvement Program settings.  Once launched, select the “No” option and use the Save Changes button.

Several scheduled tasks may be present under Microsoft –> Windows –> Customer Experience Improvement Program that can be disabled.

Additional scheduled task entries can be disabled under Microsoft –> Windows –> Application Experience.

Another entry may be present under WPD.

Also verify that the Diagnostic Tracking Service is disabled.