There’s an easier way. Switch to Linux. It’s good now, and only going to get better with more adoption.
I would love to, but unfortunately our work requires windows due to the software packages we use. And no, I really don’t want to run a virtual machine for CAD.
May allow
The benevolence! Your own computer can do whatever you want it to… if MS agrees to it.
damn Microsoft is asking for lindom
Your computer, their software.
Hardware alone is not a working computer. If you control the software running on your computer then that software is yours (like it’s your book on your bookshelf even though another person owns the copyright). If someone else controls your computer then that erodes your ownership of it.
“Allow”
Fuck you, Microsoft. You and Apple have lost millions of users to Linux, and I’m here for it.
FYI: as a user, you are already allowed to uninstall Windows and switch to Linux
Business has spoken, consumers have spoken. No one wants AI right now. Large companies trying to out compete each other on LLM is stupid. Time for the bubble to pop before more people get hurt.
IT admins should already know how to do it without Macroslop‘s permission.
IT admin here, we certainly do know how to do it, and already have. It’s an appx package, and it’s really not difficult to remove.
may
admins
Fuck Microsoft
Let us remove Microslop
But you can!
You can uninstall Copilot yourself with O&O ShutUp.
I thought they renamed their entire product line to “Copilot” by now, didn’t they?
Uninstalling it at this point would leave absolutely nothing left!
Anyway, “Copilot” in my native language is “The bastard”.
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In the Enterprise editions of Windows, you can already uninstall it. Maybe not via group policy, but you can just find it in the Apps > Installed Apps list and right click to uninstall it. On the various home user editions of Windows, this is probably not the case. (I have zero systems running those, so I can’t check.)
The Enterprise LTSC IoT version of Windows 10 doesn’t even come with Copilot, nor have any updates for it thus far installed it on any of the systems I administer, either. Apparently only 11 does.
What’s new here is apparently being able to trigger this via group policy, but for anyone in the here and now you can already disable Copilot via group policy as well, even on your local system, even on Windows 11.
You always could disable it completely thus far
You can request to disable it.
FTFY
There is always the possibility it is always there. Watching. Waiting… For an update
You can’t trust big windows
I know what you mean… but what I said is true. I am a multi-decade network admin… grey beard… ya know… old fart. I’ve seen all this crap since windows 3.1. You can always disable anything in Windows, if you understand how the OS works.
So every normal logged in user then?
I see this has a nature healing moment. We are seeing a big technology company letting people remove AI from something not adding it in.
