I am on Windows 10 pro and have debloated and stripped as much tracking junk as I could from the OS, so Copilot had been long gone… until two days ago, when it reappeared on my start menu. I assumed it was sneakily reinstalled after an update so I uninstalled it.
Less than 30 minutes later, it was back. I uninstalled it again, and again it reinstalled after about an hour.
I’ve tried registry edits, I’ve tried changing the group policy, but it does nothing - Copilot keeps reinstalling itself in the time span of 20 minutes to an hour.
I know being on Lemmy I’m going to get a bunch of “Replace it with Linux!” replies so I’d like to preempt this by promising you that yes, that will happen eventually - there’s just some compatibility issues with a couple of my daily driver programs that are pending a resolution.
For now I must stay on Windows, but Microslops incredibly aggressive Copilot reinstalls are pissing me off and I was just wondering if there are any other means in which I can get rid of this program, or at least hide the stupid ugly thing from my sight?
Edit: I suppose it’s important to note that I am not nearly as tech-savvy as a lot of people here, but I try to get by. Please keep this in mind if I ask stupid questions.
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.
I know that Shutup 10++ doesn’t allow anything else to change certain setting after they have been enabled or disabled there so I figured it was worth a shot.