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| From | Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues |
| Date | 2025-03-18 11:08 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vrc298$2o4ho$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vnm582$9u05$1@dont-email.me> <vra4mg$vo6i$2@dont-email.me> <vrc03p.o7g.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On Tue, 3/18/2025 9:31 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 21:55:15 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:
>>
>>> Many years ago, a software engineer named Fred Brooks predicted that
>>> some systems could get so complex that they would exceed a
>>> manageable threshold of complexity, where every attempt to fix a bug
>>> would just create new ones.
>>>
>>> Microsoft passed this point a long time ago.
>>
>> Further evidence
>> <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/this-months-windows-updates-are-removing-the-copilot-app-accidentally/>:
>> now a Dimdows update deletes your Copilot app and taskbar icon, and
>> the only workaround is to put it all back again yourself:
>
> "deletes your Copilot app" "from *SOME* Windows 11 PCs"
>
> Perhaps another case of thousands in billions, like your previous FUD?
>
> Anyway, the Copilot app did not get deleted from my system. Sorry
> about that. (There never was a Taskbar icon, so a tad hard to delete
> that.)
>
> Let's hear from others, who - unlike you - actually have/use this
> stuff.
>
>> Microsoft says it is "working on a resolution to address the
>> issue" but that users who want to get Copilot back can reinstall
>> the app from the Microsoft Store and repin it to the taskbar, the
>> same process you use to install Copilot on PCs where it has been
>> removed.
>>
>> This is why they say, Windows is a great OS -- if your time is worth
>> nothing.
>
> Well, it seems to keep *you* quite busy.
>
All I got, was this lousy T-shirt.
[Picture]
https://i.postimg.cc/FFZzjH9B/do-the-hokey-pokey.gif
On several OS installs here, this pops right up on the screen,
claiming it is installing itself or something. I clicked the "X"
but evidence is, I wasn't fast enough. Now I have to do
the hokey-pokey. That's what it's all about.
If you're wondering when that one came in, you can see the
muddy footprints on the floor, here.
[Picture]
https://i.postimg.cc/y6QB1g6s/Reliability-Monitor-Office-Hub-Incoming.gif
*******
The CoPilot icon on the Task bar, second from left ?
Naw, that's still there. On all the OSes I've looked at recently.
[Picture]
https://i.postimg.cc/vZXCzC1M/Co-Pilot-App.gif
This is the thing running in the picture. That gives the package name
if you need it for some reason.
"C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Copilot_1.25014.121.0_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe\CopilotNative.exe"
Paul
Paul
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