Hosts File To Quiet Windows and Edge?

127.0.0.1       localhost

::1             localhost

127.0.0.1  data.microsoft.com

127.0.0.1  msftconnecttest.com

127.0.0.1  azureedge.net

127.0.0.1  activity.windows.com

127.0.0.1  bingapis.com

127.0.0.1  msedge.net

127.0.0.1  assets.msn.com

127.0.0.1  scorecardresearch.com

127.0.0.1  edge.microsoft.com

127.0.0.1  data.msn.com

Or you can get the entire Microsoft list from here:

https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists?tab=readme-ov-file#native

 

Host File Editor

http://hostsfileeditor.codeplex.com/
Editing the host file is more complicated in Windows 7 and using this little program is a much easier was of doing it.