its the microsoft tax. at some point, you get to just suck it up, bend over and let microsoft slide copilot right up your asshole.
theres like 14 different versions and youre not going to be able to hit them all at the same time with any reliability. just hold your nose until you can choose not to use it anymore
Yeah I generally dislike when people are like "switch to Linux lololol" on a support thread.... But there legit isn't really anything you can do. You may find some obscure hacks to disable it, but as you see microsoft will just undo th at the next mandatory update.
Then just like local accounts, one by one they'll start removing workarounds and punishing you for doing them.
OP I hate to be that guy, but maybe a dual boot is the way to go for now. Microsoft is only going to make this harder.
I'm sorry, but with windows, your computer is not yours.
One thing you could try is blocking all Microsoft ips on your firewall so that it can joy remotely install but that is a cat and mouse game where microslop has the advantage and it will break important functionality like security updates.
I would test running those programs in a windows VM within Linux on a different ssd/hdd. There are a few other ways to run a windows program on Linux too like winboat, bottles and wine.
'with windows, your computer is not yours.'
You beat me to it.
debloated & stripped
How did you do that & what tools do you use to upkeep that?
Maybe try oo/shutup10 (it seems it now includes a Copilot removal tool + additionally hiding various icons of it ... bcs it really is everywhere now?)?
I meant to say replace it with Linux!
(Who needs LoL & Adobe anyway? :P)
I was gonna recommend O&O, glad to add it already mentioned. I run Win 11 and I've yet to have anything Copilot related. Tend to run it every few months to get the latest updates.
Pretty much just manually uninstalling and disabling all of the unwanted stuff, and turning off all available telemetry settings. I used to think I was computer savvy, but in comparison to the folks on here I'm not all that knowledgeable at all. I do what I can. Thank you for the link, I'm going to try this. I'm at my wits end. I don't play League of Legends, but I do use Photoshop. I've heard that it runs with Wine, but I need to look further into it.
Edit: this application appears to have worked, I haven't seen Copilot come back. Many thanks, I hope it will stay gone this time.
If you have never tried using GIMP as a replacement to Photoshop, I would suggest doing so depending on your specific needs. There is a learning curve, but nothing worse than Photoshop. There are also lots of online tutorials.
I hear the photogimp patch makes transitioning to gimp easier, I haven't installed it yet, but it's on my todo list, as I'm setting up to move my Win10 media server/manager to Linux.
I worked with GIMP sporadically over the years but never really for long periods, it's definitely on my list to try again.
Oh, so not debloated or stripped.
Afaik you can't turn off telemetry without editing the register ("regedit") and using group policy stuff. Maybe even using a custom install image.
Doing it all manually & with each update is bonkers.
Just try that O&O tool (it's very user friendly & can revert stuff) & leave on only settings you absolutely do use/need.
It seems to have done the trick, Copilot stopped repopulating on my start menu. I really appreciate the help!
Yay!
But now you are missing out on that authentic Microslop late 20s experience!! :'''(
Unfortunately here is where you hit the philosophical wall. You either accept windows for what it is or move to a different platform. Software available or not.
Linux isn’t your only option. Apple has recently released an affordable option. Maybe MacOS will have your daily driver hold ups.
I also want to point out that unless you are using the extended support version of windows 10, you are also risking your security.
Shit or get off the pot moment. Either it’s important enough for you to sacrifice or not. Only you decide that. But just know Microsoft isn’t stopping and it doesn’t care about you.
I use netimiter 4 to limit/block a bunch of Microsoft stuff and I haven't seen copilot show up on w11. If you can find a similar program to control your computers data access (new net limiter is subscription and fuck that) it should be able to block whatever process is redownloading it.
ShutUp10++ or reinstall to Windows 10 alphabet soup edition (LTSC IoT)
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Click to run same problem with office. No can stop, if uninstall, all program no work.
Have you tried shut up 10+? The only other thing I can think of is blocking the ports that allow Windows updates to download. That or switching from pro to enterprise and using a cracked key that lets you forgo feature updates but still get security updates.
This is actually the thing that helped, thank you. Copilot hasn't showed up since. And yeah I do still need to switch to the extended security update version of 10, til I can get all my ducks in a row to abandon Microsoft forever.
I'm pretty sure they are penguins, but they like to form queues too, which is better than rows anyway.
Win11 DeBloater has a bunch of stuff that works on Win10, you might try that.
On a side note - which apps do you have problems with on Linux (either finding an alternative or running them on wine)? Maybe someone here can recommend/solve an issue on that front?
I use Adobe Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint and they are apparently incompatible with Linux. I've heard they may run on Wine but I need to look further into it.
The Affinity Suite is running well under wine now.
I tried Affinity, and unfortunately it's still behind on a lot of things in terms of UI, workflow and cross compatibility. Gonna take a look again at GIMP and Krita though.
GIMP has improved but 3.2 still lacks alpha masks on nondestructive filter layers. That is a showstopper for me. Krita has a functioning nondestructive workflow but GIMP has better filters.
Affinity is a commercial tool that gets you 90% to Ps. GIMP isn't in the same league and neither is Krita for photo editing. If you want to paint though, Krita is fantastic.
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