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win: discourage IntelliCode disabling #267, #286

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This commit fixes issues #267 and #286 where users reported that
disabling IntelliCode data collection causes Visual Studio 2022 to hang
or become unresponsive.

The script has been updated to remove its recommendation status and
include a warning about these issues. As Microsoft did not respond to
inconsistencies with the official documentation in
MicrosoftDocs/intellicode#510, this commit prevents further disruptions
for privacy.sexy users.
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@@ -3429,19 +3429,27 @@ actions:
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
recommend: standard
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)
docs: |-
[IntelliCode for Visual Studio](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/intellicode/intellicode-visual-studio) provides AI based
suggestions for the code.
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].
IntelliCode does not send any code to Microsoft servers as long as team completion model training is not used [1] [2]. This script opts-out
from it without breaking the functionality of IntelliCode for local models.
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.
The registry keys set by this script do not exist by default after installation since Visual Studio 2022.
> **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.
[1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/intellicode/intellicode-privacy "IntelliCode privacy - Visual Studio IntelliCode | Microsoft Learn"
[2]: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/blob/50ea60c91a7175e749ed5e094403568a583a292e/docs/intellicode-privacy.md
[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"
code: |-
:: Global policy
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\IntelliCode" /v "DisableRemoteAnalysis" /d 1 /f