## What Blackbird Does

> Disables OneDrive
> Disables Cortana (Kill Cortana completely with -kc switch; See Command-line Switches below)
> Disables Bing-integration
> Disables all AutoLoggers
> Disables Wi-Fi Sense
> Disables system-wide telemetry (on all editions of Windows 10 and older)
> Disables Start menu ads
> Disables all Xbox Live services
> Disables web content evaluation ("SmartScreen") and prevents URL check-in
> Disables Windows Media online DRM
> Disables Windows P2P Update sharing
> Disables hidden Windows metric startup tasks
> Disables all diagnostic tracking services
> Disables all application metric-data collection agents
> Prevents system read access to already collected diagnostic data
> Prevents any location/contacts/messages/handwritting/password sharing
> Prevents cross-device synchronization (ie; Windows Phone auto-syncing with PC account data)
> Removes GWX and Windows 10 upgrade pop-ups
> Removes Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA)
> Removes your unique ad-tracking ID token
> Removes a bunch of Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 telemetry updates (View full list here)
> Removes all pre-install Windows 10 Upgrade files/folders on Windows 7, 8, 8.1
> Blocks 150+ different tracking/telemetry/ad servers (View full list here)
> Supports custom host lists, IPv4/IPv6, Wifi/Eth
> Patches various data leaks (IE/Edge, Explorer, Defender, MRT, SMB)
> Applies various network tweaks (enables RSS,ctcp,tcp-offload,ECN)

## Command-line Switches

Blackbird can also be invoked in CMD with the following switches available:

blackbird -v   > Verbose mode: Displays additional information on all changes as they're being made.
blackbird -s  > Silent mode: No additional user interaction required, good for scripts.
blackbird -r  > Recovery mode: Restores all values changed by Blackbird to default Microsoft values.
blackbird -std  > STD mode: Destroys all Windows spy tasks. See README for more details.
blackbird -scan  > Full system scan mode: Scans and reports all privacy issues.
blackbird -kc  > Kill Cortana completely (prevent searchUI.exe from loading)
blackbird -ke  > Kill Microsoft Edge
blackbird -kf  > Kill Windows Feedback/ContactSupport
blackbird -kl  > Kill Lockscreen
blackbird -kall  > Kill all System Apps
blackbird -noupdate  > Skip blacklisted Windows update removal.
blackbird -nohost  > Skip host blocking.
blackbird -nospeed  > Skip system optimizations.
blackbird -o  > Enable OneDrive
blackbird -p  > Enable Diagnostic Policy service
blackbird -t  > Enable Sensors / Auto-screen-rotation on tablets
blackbird -x  > Enable Xbox Live services.
blackbird -l  > Fix LAN connectivity problems after using Blackbird.
blackbird -a  > Disable SmartScreen application checking
blackbird -b  > Disable Runtime Broker (will cause most UWP/Metro apps to stop working)
blackbird -c  > Disable background access for all default system apps
blackbird -d  > Disable Windows Defender.
blackbird -e  > Disable SMB over NetBIOS (close listening port 445)
blackbird -f  > Disable most used apps displayed in Start menu
blackbird -h  > Disable Hibernation (deletes hiberfil.sys file).
blackbird -u  > Disable automatic installation of updates / Sets to manual download and install only.
blackbird -m  > Disable automatic installation of Windows Malicious Removal Tool (MRT) updates.
blackbird -n  > Remove all Blackbird network blocks.
blackbird -?  > Displays help information.

NOTES:
- You can run up to 9 switches at once, excluding -R, -STD & -SCAN which can only be executed one at a time.
- All switches must be separated with a space, followed by a - or / before the next desired switch 
(ie. "blackbird -kckefox" doesn't work).
- All killed system applications can be revived using Blackbird's Recovery mode (-r)