UsageDataReceiver
This task belongs to the Windows Feature Configuration component.
since 0.9.8.11
Purpose
Identifier: \Microsoft\Windows\Flighting\FeatureConfig\UsageDataReceiver
Setup Foundry disables this scheduled task; the task remains installed, but its triggers no longer start it.
This task belongs to the Windows Feature Configuration component. That component manages feature configurations used, among other things, for staged or controlled feature rollouts. Microsoft uses such rollouts to enable features on a limited set of devices first and monitor quality before expanding availability.
UsageDataReceiver processes usage signals associated with this feature-management system. The work is performed by the Windows system library fcon.dll. Microsoft does not publish task-specific documentation identifying its triggers, individual data fields, or the subsequent processing of those signals.
Notes
Additional effects
The task is one member of a group of FeatureConfig tasks. Other tasks in the same component reconcile feature configurations and process or report usage data. UsageDataReceiver therefore should not be treated as the component responsible for collecting and transmitting all Windows diagnostic data.
Privacy and security
Windows diagnostic data can include information about the use of products, services, and features, together with common fields such as the operating-system version, a device identifier, and the event time. Microsoft does not publicly specify which of these fields UsageDataReceiver processes.
After the task is disabled, it no longer processes new usage signals when its triggers occur. This does not stop Windows as a whole from collecting or sending diagnostic and usage data: other components and scheduled tasks remain unaffected. There is also no published evidence that UsageDataReceiver itself performs a network transmission.
Effects of the change
The task is not deleted. Once disabled, its triggers no longer launch it, so the associated processing of feature-usage signals does not take place.
Microsoft documents no immediate user-visible change to features that are already enabled. Because the task is part of Feature Configuration, however, the subsystem may lack usage information intended for evaluating staged or experimental features. Depending on the Windows version, build, and feature configurations assigned to the device, those evaluations may consequently be incomplete. This does not establish that any particular feature will be disabled or that the device will stop receiving new features; configuration and update delivery also rely on other components.
Disabling the task does not terminate an instance that is already running. It only prevents later launches initiated by the configured triggers.
Notes
Microsoft provides no public reference dedicated to UsageDataReceiver. The task and its precise integration can change with Windows updates, and it may be absent from Windows versions or builds that do not contain the relevant FeatureConfig implementation.
Microsoft documentation
Microsoft Learn: Deeper look at running Windows Insider Preview Builds
Microsoft Learn: Optional diagnostic data for Windows 11 and Windows 10