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Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues

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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.

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Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-17 21:37 +0000
  Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-18 13:31 +0000
    Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-18 11:08 -0400
  Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-18 11:04 -0400
    Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-18 19:29 -0400
  Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-02 22:53 +0000
    Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-02 23:27 -0400

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