Why has microsoft copilot installed itself on my windows 10 pc?

Anonymous
2024-10-11T03:12:58+00:00

I did not ask for this feature, I didn't even intentionally update my pc and while I am glad that I seem to have successfully uninstalled it, I am infuriated that it was installed without my knowledge nor consent. Generative AI is technology I personally believe to be genuinely evil and not something I would interact with willingly under any circumstances. Knowing that this feature is irremovable in win11 is the final excuse I need never to install it. If any Microsoft exec cares please burn down all of your AI infrastructure and reassign all those staff, it is a waste of money, talent, time and human energy. Please do not re-install Copilot in the next update, please.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-17T15:54:00+00:00

    WRONG!

    Copilot installed itself without my permission when I updated Windows last week.(I'm using Windows 10). Since the update I can't access Outlook, Word and Excel documents. I've spent the last 4 days trying to retrieve them. Nada

    Uninstalling it it Settings > Apps & Features > Copilot <is greyed out> > Uninstall I get the following error message: We couldn't uninstall..... The error code is 0x80073cfa.

    I've tried several times.

    I'm trying to check the version I'm using in the Windows Update Window > View update history, and it's just stuck. I'm going to send this and shut down completely.

    Is this Microsoft's way to force users to purchase Microsoft 365?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-23T16:06:40+00:00

    Is this even legal in the European Union. It seems like Microsoft is giving itself a huge advantage by automatically installing these "features" (or are they bugs) without permission. I got my new Win11 PC yesterday and immediately de-installed Edge, One Drive, and something else I didn´t want. Now less than 24 later they are all back without me having any say about it. No matter what I try I can´t stop Edge being the preferred browser. Really, Microsoft, I should not have to spend 5 minutes to change a default browser let alone the over an hour I spent last night in vain.

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