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  • A bug in the most recent Windows 11 update removes Copilot from systems entirely.
  • Microsoft is currently working on a fix but those who need the app can simply redownload and install it from the Windows Store.
  • The update also introduced a bug for Roblox players on Arm hardware.
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[–] Dalaryous@lemmy.ml 299 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Please don't fix it; we're ok living with this bug.

Thanks, 98% of your users

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 194 points 2 weeks ago
[–] notannpc@lemmy.world 188 points 2 weeks ago

Microsoft accidentally made windows better in an update for the first time in years 😂

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 172 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Update KB5053598 is a very simple update that includes “miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality”

Removing Copilot wasn't unintentional at all. They said so right there in the release notes.

[–] bdot@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i believe you’re on to something, with the thought that removing it wasn’t unintentional…

i am willing to bet it was deliberate, but as a way to catch more users who refuse to upgrade from Win10 BECAUSE of Copilot. once they get more users to adopt, they simply put it back in, in one of their updates

[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think they just made a release without it (for EU or stuff) and either forgot to turn in back on for regular releases, or it didn't because of a bug.

[–] bdot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

that makes more sense than my dumb conspiracy idea!

[–] RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 141 points 2 weeks ago

Microsoft Accidentally Gives Customers Exactly What They've Been Asking For, Promises to Fix It Quickly

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 92 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly this sounds like a veteran MS dev who wanted to ensure he had a good ISO build of windows to install without AI shit down the line after he retired. Props to whatever MS dev (or devs) made this happen

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 78 points 2 weeks ago

This is the best Windows Update in ages

[–] myedition8@lemmy.world 76 points 2 weeks ago

Finally, a good windows update!

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 68 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

This is like a vet telling me they accidentally removed a life threatening tumor in my dog while doing something else.

Like damn not sure how you did that by accident but wait what don't try to put it back what the hell?

Also did you just put ads INSIDE MY DOG? What the hell is wrong with you?

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago

Completely unrelated segue, but your comment reminded me of this one vet appointment I had with my dog.

He was in for having his teeth cleaned, and came out with his claws trimmed. They managed to cut into his quick on five claws. I don't even know how they managed to do that, I don't do that and I don't have the advantage of him being sedated when I clip them. Then they had the absolute gall to charge me for trimming his claws.

To top it all off; I had an appointment booked with the groomer next-door a couple of days after that so their "service" was unwarranted and unwelcome.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Not your dog, you only own the license to have them as a pet and it can be withdrawn at any time.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

dogs can sell anything

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 63 points 2 weeks ago

I hope this bug never gets fixed!

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 60 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Will be hard to argue that it cannot be removed, like they did with internet exploder...

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I uninstalled copilot and that bitch reinstalled itself.

[–] Koyaanisqatsi@lemm.ee 33 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of "you are being rescued. Please do not resist"

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Classic Microsoft. You are really just being a guest in your own computer.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Glad to be moving to Linux this year, wiping the last of my Windows-based installations out of my house.

[–] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I really want to do this but I can't, is creative cloud running on linux?

[–] russjr08@bitforged.space 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not to my knowledge, no*. Though it's been a while since I looked into it.

* Outside of running them inside a Windows VM on Linux, but that has its own issues. Especially if you use any of the CC apps that need GPU acceleration. It can definitely be done, but I'd argue most people are not going to want to go through the effort and rather just use Windows directly.

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[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 53 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Cheesepuffs@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago

When the bug BECOMES_ the feature

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“… and nothing of value was lost.”

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

"But imagine that in a decade maximum, your computer would have full conscience and be like Torment Nexus from the hit novel series "Don't Build the Torment Nexus".

[–] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Too late. I already jumped ship because of Copilot's "Recall", and I'm not interested in going through a round of partitioning the hard drive and installing a new OS so soon.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I am cool with simply having a cpu without the “AI” cores

[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd prefer AI cores, just like I prefer HW based AES instructions: present and up to my discretion as to how I choose to use them, or not.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

If it's a choice between AI-accelerated cores and nothing, sure, but that silicon space could have been used for AVX-512 or a bigger cache instead.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a feature Microsoft. Start removing more crap and you might have an actual OS and not just a complicated slow overpriced billboard.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Recall next, please

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That would make Windows 11 only "bad", rather than "totally unusable."

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 10 points 2 weeks ago

"mostly unusable"

[–] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 weeks ago

Oh that's awesome.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 weeks ago

in an unrelated note, windows speed is now tripled with the latest update.

[–] Takapapatapaka@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

Update KB5053598 is a very simple update that includes “miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality” as well as a servicing stack update. It’s rather basic then but it seemingly introduced a bug that saw Copilot being removed from the operating system.

Is it possible that somehow some component in the update or some dev at Microsoft found Copilot to be too intrusive security-wise and decided to uninstall it ?

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Jm96@lemm.ee 19 points 2 weeks ago

Removing the copilot was a happy accident

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Keep pushing accidents like that and I might actually give 11 a try.

[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no! Anyway...

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 weeks ago

Remember to pay respects to the poor Roblox players that have to suffer for the greater good now!

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 13 points 2 weeks ago

Its not a bug its a feature!

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Bug, not a feature.

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Am I the only one who actually likes copilot? I don't know, it's helped me a ton.

And also I'm a linux daily driver. I think I'm a very rare breed who loves and prefers Linux but doesn't hate windows.

Edit: Lol downvoted for my opinion. Good job, everyone.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I use Github Copilot. I like it a lot. What I don't like is if it were forced right into my butthole.

[–] KITA@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're not allowed to like anything Microsoft does on here.

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Clearly lol. It's like fucking reddit

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