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Microsoft Says You Will Use Cortana

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday July 27 2016, @06:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the over-my-dead-body dept.

Celestial writes:

To the shock of no one, Windows 10 users who upgrade to the Anniversary Update (scheduled for release next week), will not be able to disable Cortana using the settings.

If you compare the start menu settings of Cortana of the current version of Windows (version 1511) with those of the Anniversary Update (version 1607) you will notice that Cortana's off switch is no longer available (thanks Ian Paul @PC World for spotting that)

Cortana, the digital assistant that Microsoft touts as one of the major features of Windows 10 supports interaction via touch, typing, ink and voice.

Microsoft integrated Cortana deeply with the native search functionality of Windows 10. While linked to search, Windows 10 users may turn off Cortana currently to use search without it. While you might have to turn off web searches on Windows 10 as well, doing so ensured that you got search functionality that matched those of previous versions of Windows.

Windows users who turned off Cortana had two main reasons for it: either they did not need Cortana functionality, or they did not want it because of privacy implications.

[...] It is still possible to turn off Cortana, but not by using the preferences. The policy to disable Cortana is still available and you may use it to turn off Cortana on the device.

Please note that the Group Policy Editor is only available in professional versions of Windows 10. Most notably, it is not available in Windows 10 Home.

The linked article goes into detail on how to disable Cortana using the Registry in Windows 10 Home, and Group Policy Editor in Windows 10 Pro. However, Microsoft no longer makes disabling Cortana anywhere near as easy as it was.

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday July 27 2016, @02:46PM

    by VLM (445) on Wednesday July 27 2016, @02:46PM (#380758)

    Honestly I think it was some kind of intentional punishment. I really don't know how to top that one. He wins. Maybe if I turned a stinky cheese into a cheese soup and then boiled it for awhile while microwaving it. It would take extraordinary effort. I wonder what skunk spray tastes like as a condiment? They add mercaptans to the natgas supply to detect leaks, surely I could buy it in bulk somewhere and it to a chili for a spicy kick.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday July 27 2016, @06:49PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday July 27 2016, @06:49PM (#380831)

    Two words: Stinking Tofu.

    When walking down the street in Taiwan, steamed or BBQed stinking tofu will cause most foreigners to feel like vomiting, with an effective downwind area of effect of 50 m or more.
    I've eaten some, when I had a bad cold. If you have a good nose, it's more efficient than anything I've heard described in the CIA/Gitmo reports.

    You can find it in the US (not quite as good, obviously). A minute in the microwave would clear any non-Chinese out of the building.

    • (Score: 2) by JeanCroix on Friday July 29 2016, @10:01PM

      by JeanCroix (573) on Friday July 29 2016, @10:01PM (#381767)
      Well, I was talking about kimchi in particular, not tofu. But I could certainly imagine that either one, when microwaved, would be pretty objectionable to the western palate.