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Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026?

From Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026?
Date 2026-07-28 20:43 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> wrote:
>>> Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026?
>>> https://copilot.microsoft.com/
>>> 
>> 
>> Just use a local model and don't bother with any of the online ones. They
>> will *always* use you as training data unless you pay for a firewalled
>> model. Doesn't matter whether you login or not.
> 
> Thanks for that idea, which, I agree, is the best way to run an LLM.
> 
> I researched the local models and they're perfect except... except that
> they take a ton of disk space and seem to require a beefy machine.
> 
> Dunno if my 2009 Windows 10 desktop can handle a local model but I do agree
> that's the way to go for someone like me who cares about privacy.
> 
> I'll have to look into it 'cuz these web-page LLMs have gotten me hooked on
> the convenience, but, one by one, they've each started requiring a login. 

Well, then. Looks like you're going to have put a price on your desire for
"privacy". 

> Looking it up, while other families exist (e.g., Qwen, DeepSeek, Gemma,
> Mistral), apparently Llama remains the most widely used on Windows.
> 
> Disk space needed seems to be about 3-7 GB for an 8 billion parameters LLM
> model, and maybe around 30-40 GB for a 70 billion parameters LLM model.
> 
> Parameters are the learned weights inside the neural network, where more
> parameters add deeper reasoning and stronger language ability.	
> 
> Apparently disk space depends on quantization (i.e., compression) though.
> 
> Looking it up... 
> The big problem is RAM where 64¡V128 GB RAM is normal for local LLMs.
> The GPU needs to have VRAM starting at around 48 GB for local LLMs too.
> 
> Apparently nost consumer GPUs (RTX 3060/3070/3080/4070/4080) will not work
> as we need workstation-class cards (i.e., RTX 6000 Ada, A100, H100, etc.).

Lol no. That's the spec for *training* an LLM. Running an LLM requires a
lot less. 

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Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-27 18:20 -0700
  Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-27 21:50 -0400
    Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-28 10:09 -0700
  Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-28 04:36 -0400
    Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-28 09:53 -0700
      Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? CoPilot User <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-28 19:02 +0100
        Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-28 11:32 -0700
  Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-07-28 17:09 +0000
    Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-28 10:46 -0700
      Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-28 14:35 -0400
      Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-07-28 20:43 +0000
        Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-28 22:15 -0400
    Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-28 14:11 -0400
  Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-28 19:22 +0100
    Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-28 19:31 +0100
      Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-28 12:15 -0700
    Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-28 12:04 -0700
      Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-28 20:21 +0100
  Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-29 00:07 +0000
    Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-28 22:46 -0400
  Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-29 02:23 -0700
  Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-07 19:30 -0800
    Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-08 01:03 -0400
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        Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-08 14:56 -0400
          Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-09 09:31 -0800
            Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-09 18:41 +0100
              Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-09 18:57 -0400
          Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-08-09 14:45 -0400
      Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-08-11 08:42 -0800

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