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win: fix Visual Studio remote analysis script #327

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This commit improves the IntelliCode privacy settings for Visual Studio
by adjusting registry entries to prevent data collection without
impacting IntelliCode's functionality.

- Fix registry value setting for `DisableRemoteAnalysis` to prevent
  unexpected hangs in Visual Studio.
  This resolves issues reported in #267 and #268.
- Change the script recommentation level to 'Standard', and remove
  previous warnings about potential hangups, based on the successful
  mitigation of these issues.
  This reverts 7f7a84e3ba.
- Incorporate feedback from an official Microsoft statement
  (MicrosoftDocs/intellicode#510), acknowledging the discontinuation of
  certain IntelliCode backend services. This renders the remote analysis
  feature obsolete.
- Revise the documentation to make it more accessible and easier to
  understand.
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reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\DiagnosticsHub" /v "LogLevel" /t REG_SZ /d "All" /f
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name: Disable participation in IntelliCode data collection (breaks Visual Studio 2022)
# recommend: standard (This script has been reported to cause issues with Visual Studio 2022, potentially leading to hangs or unresponsiveness)
name: Disable participation in IntelliCode data collection
recommend: standard
docs: |-
This script disables data collection by IntelliCode in Visual Studio, a feature that offers AI-based code suggestions [1].
IntelliCode captures anonymized usage and error-reporting data to improve the product [1].
It generally does not send user-defined code to Microsoft, except when using team completion model training [2] [3] [4].
This script opts out of such data collection without affecting IntelliCode's functionality based on local models [3] [4].
This script prevents IntelliCode in Visual Studio from collecting data.
IntelliCode uses AI to suggest code improvements by analyzing usage and error reports [1].
In scenarios like team model training, user code is shared with Microsoft [2] [3] [4].
Opting out does not affect IntelliCode's local suggestion capabilities [3] [4].
By modifying specific registry keys, this script deactivates the remote analysis feature of IntelliCode [3]. These keys
are not present by default in Visual Studio 2022 installations. This action ensures that IntelliCode relies solely on
local models, enhancing user privacy by limiting data sent to Microsoft.
By relying on local data models [3] [4], this script improves privacy, reducing the amount of data shared with Microsoft.
The script works by modifying registry keys to disable the feature that sends data to Microsoft for remote analysis [3].
By default, Visual Studio 2022 and newer versions do not contain these registry keys.
> **Caution:** Users have reported that enabling this script may cause Visual Studio 2022 to hang or become unresponsive [5] [6].
> Despite its official documentation [4], due to these user experiences, careful consideration is recommended before applying this script.
The backend servers for IntelliCode model training are discontinued, making the data collection feature outdated [5].
Thus, this script provides peace of mind for users of older Visual Studio 2022 versions, even though the feature is outdated.
[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20231112024816/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/intellicode-visual-studio?view=vs-2022 "IntelliCode for Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn | learn.microsoft.com"
[2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20231112024456/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/intellicode-privacy?view=vs-2022 "IntelliCode privacy - Visual Studio IntelliCode | Microsoft Learn | docs.microsoft.com"
[3]: https://web.archive.org/web/20231112024639/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/50ea60c91a7175e749ed5e094403568a583a292e/docs/intellicode-privacy.md "intellicode/docs/intellicode-privacy.md at 50ea60c91a7175e749ed5e094403568a583a292e · MicrosoftDocs/intellicode | github.com/MicrosoftDocs"
[4]: https://web.archive.org/web/20231122105835/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/main/docs/csharp/intellicode.md "vscode-docs/docs/csharp/intellicode.md at main · microsoft/vscode-docs | github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs"
[5]: https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy/issues/267 "[BUG]: Visual Studio 2022 hangs with `Opt-out from IntelliCode data collection` · Issue #267 · undergroundwires/privacy.sexy | github.com/undergroundwires"
[6]: https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy/issues/286 "[BUG]: Disabling IntelliCode data collection crashes VS · Issue #286 · undergroundwires/privacy.sexy | github.com/undergroundwires"
[3]: https://web.archive.org/web/20231112024639/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/50ea60c91a7175e749ed5e094403568a583a292e/docs/intellicode-privacy.md "intellicode/docs/intellicode-privacy.md at 50ea60c91a7175e749ed5e094403568a583a292e · MicrosoftDocs/intellicode | github.com"
[4]: https://web.archive.org/web/20231122105835/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/main/docs/csharp/intellicode.md "vscode-docs/docs/csharp/intellicode.md at main · microsoft/vscode-docs | github.com"
[5]: https://web.archive.org/web/20240409110051/https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/issues/510#issuecomment-1982513204 "Is `DisableRemoteAnalysis` no longer supported? · Issue #510 · MicrosoftDocs/intellicode · GitHub | github.com"
code: |-
:: Global policy
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\IntelliCode" /v "DisableRemoteAnalysis" /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\IntelliCode" /v "DisableRemoteAnalysis" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f
:: Local policy
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\16.0\IntelliCode" /v "DisableRemoteAnalysis" /d 1 /f
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\17.0\IntelliCode" /v "DisableRemoteAnalysis" /d 1 /f
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\16.0\IntelliCode" /v "DisableRemoteAnalysis" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\17.0\IntelliCode" /v "DisableRemoteAnalysis" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f
revertCode: |-
:: Global policy
reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\IntelliCode" /v "DisableRemoteAnalysis" /f 2>nul