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  • A bug in the most recent Windows 11 update removes Copilot from systems entirely.
  • Microsoft is currently working on a fix but those who need the app can simply redownload and install it from the Windows Store.
  • The update also introduced a bug for Roblox players on Arm hardware.
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago

Keep pushing accidents like that and I might actually give 11 a try.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 hours ago

in an unrelated note, windows speed is now tripled with the latest update.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 hours ago

Removing the copilot was a happy accident

[–] [email protected] 180 points 1 day ago

Microsoft accidentally made windows better in an update for the first time in years 😂

[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 day ago

Finally, a good windows update!

[–] [email protected] 169 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Update KB5053598 is a very simple update that includes “miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality”

Removing Copilot wasn't unintentional at all. They said so right there in the release notes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

i believe you’re on to something, with the thought that removing it wasn’t unintentional…

i am willing to bet it was deliberate, but as a way to catch more users who refuse to upgrade from Win10 BECAUSE of Copilot. once they get more users to adopt, they simply put it back in, in one of their updates

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I think they just made a release without it (for EU or stuff) and either forgot to turn in back on for regular releases, or it didn't because of a bug.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

that makes more sense than my dumb conspiracy idea!

[–] [email protected] 141 points 1 day ago

Microsoft Accidentally Gives Customers Exactly What They've Been Asking For, Promises to Fix It Quickly

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“… and nothing of value was lost.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

"But imagine that in a decade maximum, your computer would have full conscience and be like Torment Nexus from the hit novel series "Don't Build the Torment Nexus".

[–] [email protected] 294 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Please don't fix it; we're ok living with this bug.

Thanks, 98% of your users

[–] [email protected] 188 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Will be hard to argue that it cannot be removed, like they did with internet exploder...

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I uninstalled copilot and that bitch reinstalled itself.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago

Reminds me of "you are being rescued. Please do not resist"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Classic Microsoft. You are really just being a guest in your own computer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Glad to be moving to Linux this year, wiping the last of my Windows-based installations out of my house.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I really want to do this but I can't, is creative cloud running on linux?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Not to my knowledge, no*. Though it's been a while since I looked into it.

* Outside of running them inside a Windows VM on Linux, but that has its own issues. Especially if you use any of the CC apps that need GPU acceleration. It can definitely be done, but I'd argue most people are not going to want to go through the effort and rather just use Windows directly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Yup, I'm sticking to my current setup. When windows 11 gets forced unto me I'll probably switch to linux and buy a beefy mac for adobe.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 day ago

This is the best Windows Update in ages

[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 day ago

Honestly this sounds like a veteran MS dev who wanted to ensure he had a good ISO build of windows to install without AI shit down the line after he retired. Props to whatever MS dev (or devs) made this happen

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

This is like a vet telling me they accidentally removed a life threatening tumor in my dog while doing something else.

Like damn not sure how you did that by accident but wait what don't try to put it back what the hell?

Also did you just put ads INSIDE MY DOG? What the hell is wrong with you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

dogs can sell anything

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago

Completely unrelated segue, but your comment reminded me of this one vet appointment I had with my dog.

He was in for having his teeth cleaned, and came out with his claws trimmed. They managed to cut into his quick on five claws. I don't even know how they managed to do that, I don't do that and I don't have the advantage of him being sedated when I clip them. Then they had the absolute gall to charge me for trimming his claws.

To top it all off; I had an appointment booked with the groomer next-door a couple of days after that so their "service" was unwarranted and unwelcome.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Not your dog, you only own the license to have them as a pet and it can be withdrawn at any time.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 day ago

I hope this bug never gets fixed!

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

When the bug BECOMES_ the feature

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Too late. I already jumped ship because of Copilot's "Recall", and I'm not interested in going through a round of partitioning the hard drive and installing a new OS so soon.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I am cool with simply having a cpu without the “AI” cores

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd prefer AI cores, just like I prefer HW based AES instructions: present and up to my discretion as to how I choose to use them, or not.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago

If it's a choice between AI-accelerated cores and nothing, sure, but that silicon space could have been used for AVX-512 or a bigger cache instead.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Oh no! Anyway...

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's a feature Microsoft. Start removing more crap and you might have an actual OS and not just a complicated slow overpriced billboard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Recall next, please

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That would make Windows 11 only "bad", rather than "totally unusable."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

"mostly unusable"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

Update KB5053598 is a very simple update that includes “miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality” as well as a servicing stack update. It’s rather basic then but it seemingly introduced a bug that saw Copilot being removed from the operating system.

Is it possible that somehow some component in the update or some dev at Microsoft found Copilot to be too intrusive security-wise and decided to uninstall it ?

[–] Darkcoffee 27 points 1 day ago

Oh that's awesome.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Remember to pay respects to the poor Roblox players that have to suffer for the greater good now!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Its not a bug its a feature!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Am I the only one who actually likes copilot? I don't know, it's helped me a ton.

And also I'm a linux daily driver. I think I'm a very rare breed who loves and prefers Linux but doesn't hate windows.

Edit: Lol downvoted for my opinion. Good job, everyone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

What if you just don't use copilot? I have 11 and I just simply haven't touched that button in the two years I've had it. So it seems you can like it and use it or not like it and not use it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Isn't copilot just chatgpt? I just use chatgpt instead.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

I use Github Copilot. I like it a lot. What I don't like is if it were forced right into my butthole.

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