You too can get the satisfaction of maiming or killing a spy embedded in your organization.
HELL YEAH DESHITTIFICATION!
For everything we do here, please be sure to be careful with what you edit, and restart your computer to lock things in. If you don't have access to the Group editor, (likely to happen if you're on base windows) you can do this as well by opening your Registry Editor app, then inputting this after your 'computer' or whatever the initial segment is. (Mine is computer. If I just try and paste the below string it gets SO mad at me)
\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot
Navigating to your "turnoffwindowscopilot", hit modify, and set the value data to 1.
If done correctly, it'll look like this.
While we're at it, you can also get rid of the integrated search, (or that thing where it searches the web when you search anything, whether or not you want it to) and such through regedit as well.
Integrated search will have you going to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Navigate to your "DisableSearchBoxSuggestions" bit, if you don't see it, you can make it by right clicking and creating a new registry D-Word key of that exact name. Edit the key, set it to 1. It'll look like this if you do it right!
To get rid of Windows Spotlight, (The thing where it pulls up ten billion pages on windows start page, shoving ads in your face and cluttering everything) we go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DesktopSpotlight\Settings
And set "Enabled State" To 0. If you do it right, it'll look like this!
Disabling edge on startup will also help a fair deal with processing speed and the like. This you can do in all sorts of ways, the easiest being turning it off entirely on startup through settings in the like.
If you want to kill it *entirely*, though? :)
In regedit, run along to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft
Navigate to your MicrosoftEdge key subcategory. If you don't see it, you can make one! Note, this is a KEY, not a d-word. *inside* that subcategory, we want to either make or find the D-Word key of PreventLaunchEdge and set that to 1 in the same way as all the others. It'll look like this.
Aaaand while we're here, I'd HIGHLY recommend shanking Killer Networking Services. It's just bloatware. (Ostensibly it's supposed to monitor your network bandwidth and even things out, but that really means it's constantly monitoring and pinging things, which eats up the bandwidth you DO get, and also chunks your computer's processing power.) Getting rid of it entirely is borderline impossible, since it's set to redownload on regular updates and intel is very pushy with its updates.
This you can do by opening your Services.msc, which basically shows you all the background stuff that Windows does. Find Anything with Killer in the name, right click it, go to properties, and disable startup. It should look like this, if done successfully. It will probably reenable itself in time/in later updates for windows, but it's a quick fix. I'd also check your TaskScheduler app to make sure that nothing's scheduled to open up there, either.
If you CAN completely kill Killer services through uninstalling and the like, I would warn that at very least for my computer, the only ethernet/lan support applications that are available ARE Killer's. When you download updates, you really do have to do it manually and ONLY download the ethernet services, or just be cool with not having Lan functionality.
One last thing, not a shit application but is a shit service. If your computer's constantly overheating or just warm, you likely have Turboboost enabled. (Default setting that you can't change) If you want to be able to turn it off and drop your temps by like 40 degrees, in Regedit go to
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00\be337238-0d82-4146-a960-4f3749d470c7
(Note- This isn't the string copy paste from the reddit thread, this is mine that does the same thing. If my string doesn't work for you, check the reddit thread string. If that doesn't work either, you can follow the path and find it pretty easily. Probably has like, one letter of difference somewhere. The bits all start the same, though, so it's easy to find.)
and go to "attributes". Set the value from 1 to 2, and now in your advanced Power Plan settings in control panel, you'll be able to *see* turbo boost and turn it off.
It'll look like this, and in power options, a successful disabling of boost should look like this.
Turning off quick startup's also a good call, since that basically stops your restarts from actually shutting things down properly.
GOOD LUCK OUT THERE YALL. MAKE SURE TO CLEAN YOUR PC!
I would like to once again recommend to you all Winero Tweaker, a free program that lets you adjust a bunch of windows settings with a single click instead of digging through 30 different setting screens and registry entries.
There's well over a hundred settings, here's just a few of them:
(sorry the classic taskbar option no longer works with current windows 11 version)
Fair warning: This is a powerful tool which means it can also do some damage if you don't know what you're doing, but every setting comes with an extensive explanation, as you can see in the Ads and unwanted apps screenshot.
This tool will even turn windows 11 from a bloated mess into a (more or less, this tool isn't magic) usable operating system.
Some tech advice for you all from my personal blog. I figured the more people see this the better, and I got a lot more followers on this blog.
Wtf does that even mean? I have had copilot uninstalled for as long as it has existed and literally have not thought about it once. That shit is not at the center of the os.
marketingspeak in a really decisive voice to make it sound like a settled issue
It means that new laptops will have even more glurge and it may be even harder to remove or turn off.
@osterby Got the summer of 2025 edition laptop recently, initial setup was much more painful than I remember, but they still allow you to delete everything
Heads up, by default the method in the link will only work for windows 11 pro versions as windows 11 home versions do not have the group policy editor installed BUT you can install the group policy editor with just two commands entered via the command prompt, incredigeek dot com has a good article for it and it doesn't take long at all
step 1: uninstall windows
Step 2: Install linux
@undertraveler Word. Using Nobara and not looked back since
@r-u-a-goodperson Not Word; that's a Microsoft product. I use LibreOffice Writer.
This doesn't work; I can't even access the group policy editor, my own computer won't let me
same here
same, its pissing me off.
you guys prolly have the W11 Home edition, you gotta install the group policy editor first, as it's not a part of our system. I ran into the same problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmnNo9RGRT8 - everyone please follow this video to remove the bloated garbage and ai off your windows
don't forget to backup your data before installing Linux, especially in a dual boot setup with just one physical drive, follow me for more life changing tips! (I use arch BTW)
Consider Linux
Linux mint is very good and doesn't have AI.. Just saying.
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Does not work on the home version
you have to "enable group policy editor" ^_^ follow a yt tutorial or an article for it, websites like tomshardware or incredigeek as per the comments should do the trick :-]
@dogboydeathgrips Unfortunately most of those methods no longer work
@dogboydeathgrips You can't enable it on anything other than pro. It used to be possible , but Microsoft removed the backdoor access
the fucking irony of me getting a copilot ad beneath this. You cannot alter your fate, you pathetic pixelated wench.
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I just hate that they removed the second ctrl button and replaced it with a ai button, how will i now type @ ???
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PowerToys is your best friend for solving this. Its an official Windows Utility tool you can use to rebind the copilot hardware key back to the original equivalent on a standard keyboard, or any other key you like! The only downside to it is that afaik you need PowerToys actually running in the background for the override to still work.
step 1 of "edit group policy" does not seem to exist in my version? so a bit lost on what to do here.
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Group policy only exists in the pro version of Windows
@reucrion is there a way to disable copilot in the normal version then? because the tutorial doesn't work without that i don't think
when my laptop shits the bed i'm just getting an out of date one to avoid the headache of dealing with AI features
try linux, mint cinnamon is very user friendly with a similar UI to windows
@spaceoperajay i want to run very specific software
old hardware doesnt make outdated versions of windows any more secure, your out of date laptop will still be vulnerable to security issues discovered after support for the OS was discontinued.
And they wonder why Apple is up nearly 15% this year.
apple has slop too
This is why Linux rules.
my mom wants a laptop for christmas and as soon as I get it for her I'm installing linux mint on that thing lmao
If you theme mint it like windows she won’t tell the different lol
Welcome back clippy
don't disrespect clippy like this
@cinderspl Atleast clippy cared 😔
Anybody know how to get rid of those awful AI pictures I keep getting when I turn my computer on before I log in? Windows keeps showing me pictures and offering to tell me more about the locations but they're clearly either AI generated or heavily filtered. Planning to switch to Linux at some point but in the meantime I'd love to be rid of the damnable images
Right click on your desktop, select "personalize", go to "lockscreen", and there should be a dropdown menu that says "personalize your lockscreen" next to it! Switch it from "windows spotlight" to whatever else you'd prefer :)
@mt-84--therelic Thank you so much! I was so tired of those
Windows lockscreen default images are not AI generated. They are photos of real places. They ARE pumped up in photoshop but most them are the same ones as have been in Windows 11 since before AI imagery was this good.
can i run solidworks on linux
almost anything that works on windows works on linux if you install WINE
if you cant run it with wine you could maybe find a replacement
Post shows up right as i decide to never touch windows again. Thank you for the sign, lord.
You can also use a program called FlyOOb which can disable a bunch of other annoying shit we never asked for in Win11. Also lets you bypass TPM 2.0
are you fucking fr
I've never been so grateful to have switched to Linux with my new computer because I refused to upgrade to Windows 11. Did I suffer for 6 hours trying to get my DVD player to work? Yes. But at least an AI didn't do it for me
Move to Linux, guys, I beg of you
One day, when I'm no longer afraid.
@ancientbrazilianbrain I was afraid a year ago, but windows kept getting shittier and at some point my anger was stronger than my fear. If you are on PC you can install it on a separate drive and test it without losing anything! And feel free to test stuff, at first I installed Mint and was kind of happy with it but ran into a bunch of quirks I thought were just Linux being Linux, but then I tried CachyOS and it was night and day how much more I liked it instantly. I am writing this comment right now in Linux. Whatever you do on a computer I promise you, you can find a way to do it on Linux. Some ways are harder than the others, but it is worth it. There are so many things Linux let's you customize, you probably don't even know you want to customize them yet! An you will be free from microsoft!
Sadly most of the games I play are not compatible with Linux. Maybe my work/school laptop tho
The method in the link requires "Group Policy," which isn't available in the basic Windows. Any other ways? (Yes, I know 'switch to Linux,' but I don't want to have to figure out what still works - I use this to play games, not do boring job shit.)
https://www.tumblr.com/sevastiel/798503580824928256?source=share this rb should help a lot
🐧 penguin time
I used Winaero Tweaker's "disable Copilot" option. Is that sufficient, or do I need to do the Group Policy thing?
Seems to have been enough for me but I periodically go through and recheck how that and ShutUp10 and such are holding up. Sometimes updates will flip a bunch of things back into settings I don't want, but those at least make it super easy to switch them back again. (I really need to finish getting my files off my old laptop so I can install Linux and play around with it...)
Obligatory reminder to use the free Chris Titus Tech windows utility that can debloat and remove telemetry with one click.
Hey girls how safe is it to just not use windows 11
And use what instead? 10?
You can opt into Windows 10 security updates for at least another year, I'm super tired rn so I can't remember off of the top of my head how to do it exactly but it took me like 5 mins. After security updates end I'd recommend migrating over to any one of many Linux OS' and just emulate windows 10 through a virtual machine (it's like an emulator for an operating system), which imo is VERY safe when it comes to security because the OS will be contained within the virtual machine and nothing outside of that virtual machine can effect your OS without your say-so. Meanwhile your PC that actually runs on a Linux OS will receive regular security updates to prevent outside threats from fucking up your machine
@briarbramble Ty youre literally the best
Me and my android wife or some shit idk
I don’t like this
i’m not upgrading, fuck that. i’ll go to linux if i have to
yall should i just kill myself obv thats what they want
I wish this worked. The very first step brings nothing up for me at all
you probably have the the Home version 11 instead of the Pro version. windows is deeply fucking frustrating in this way. you can uninstall Copilot from the start menu. idk if it will prevent things completely, but that's what I've done. until they make that impossible too ig its our only solution.
https://www.tumblr.com/sevastiel/798503580824928256?source=share you can try this rb's method :)
Turns out this guide only works if you have windows professional i think? Didn't work when i tried on my windows 11 home edition, so I just uninstalled it the usual way
Need to learn to dual boot linux. Or find cracks of them win10 security updates
Is easy. Most live USB installers will offer it as an option if your drive has Windows installed. https://linuxblog.io/dual-boot-linux-windows-install-guide/
Do not try to install both windows and linux on the same drive, because they will fight. On a separate ssds they can live in complete peace and harmony
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Just FYI, you can still absolutely install and use Windows 10. They just aren't going to "support" it anymore. Which sounds like a perk at this point.
This fix doesn't work anymore! I did it in the past but Microsoft has since updated copilot to make this irrelevant
run this: https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat prosper
Hnnnfhhhnnmm...
NOOO I saw the retweet first and thought my new pc was gonna give me some sloppy
@ranthaven I've only ever done IT one to one or ad hoc at small businesses I'd been hired at for other things, the one time I tried to do it professionally for a corporation I ended up quitting after a few months because HELL NAH. With this windows 11 thing I've been offering to help folks set up a dual boot if they want (or blow windows away, but ppl generally want the security of windows still being an option.) So I'm happy to help!
@springstarfangirl what software?
Clip Studio Paint for my personal drawing (available on PC and Mac as a single purchase upgrade model, as well as on PC/Mac/iPad/iOS/Android as a very cheaply priced subscription); Affinity Suite and Adobe Suite for school. Affinity supports PC, Mac, and iPad; Adobe seems to just have a vendetta against Linux.
@springstarfangirl iirc you can use Bottles for adobe stuff & it Should work
@springstarfangirl @springstarfangirl I never got a notification of your reply, sorry. Check out gimp for art, it's available on windows as well as Linux and free.
