Microsoft Copilot

[TheOstrich]

The latest monthly Windows 10 update seems to have installed something called Microsoft Copilot on my desktop.

Is this just a fancy search engine or what? What does it do differently to Google or Bing Search (i.e. is it worth investigating)?

[Workingman]

Ossie, this came in on my last Win 11 update along with other crap - you might have seen my other thread.

It is an AI tool to work with Windows 365 programs but as I do not have 365 I looked to uninstall it, however, it did interfere with the Edge browser. Unfortunately, I have Win 11 Home edition so uninstalling is not an option. It can be disabled but you might need a registry edit to do it safely.
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As you are on Win 10 I would look on a search engine in the normal manner for detailed instructions for your version of Win 10. You can at least hide the button by going to Settings>>>Personalization>>>Taskbar.

If you are going to edit the registry make sure to do a backup before you start.

[Suff]

Interesting. I'm on Win10 and have not seen it yet. Perhaps because my machines spend a lot of time in France but are UK machines which MS knows. They don't push some updates when you are out of your home location.