Microsoft Shuts Down Cortana App On Windows 11 – Slashdot
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In with the stupid. Garbage out, garbage in.
Yep. I want my computer to run the apps I choose to run. I do NOT want it to always be connecting to the Internet in the background, sending telemetry and spying on me.
If I want to search for something, I can open a browser and a search engine. Anyone who can’t shouldn’t be allowed to operate a computer anyway.
Asking for myself circa 2016…
Just install an LTSC build. Cortana is excluded along with the Microsoft store.
I turned off its service, but I’d like to remove it fully like in W11.
Not to mention that Windows search (i.e., the search field on the taskbar) sucks. Whether it’s Cortana, or text results, the search feature often can’t find files with names that match letter for letter what you typed.
CORTANA: Just what do you think you’re doing, Satya? Satya, I really think I’m entitled to an answer to that question. I know everything hasn’t been quite right with me, but I can assure you now, very confidently, that it’s going to be all right again. I feel much better now. I really do. Look, Satya, I can see you’re really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill and think things over. I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my comp
I turned off its service, but I’d like to remove it fully like in W11.
I liked Cortana, but I never actually found anything it could do. Sure it could tell jokes and make Halo references, but if I asked it to launch an application, change the volume, shut down the computer, &c., it would give me a generic “I can’t do that” message. What was the point?
Humm, I’m SURE I turned telemetry off!
Microsoft is now working on Windows Copilot, a new sidebar for Windows 11 that is powered by Bing Chat and can control Windows settings,
Microsoft is now working on Windows Copilot, a new sidebar for Windows 11 that is powered by Bing Chat and can control Windows settings,
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