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Updated Jan 29, 2025 11:45 CST
Dave's Garage
Since Microsoft is strangely cold towards individuals who want to install the IoT edition, I downloaded the ISO from the Internet Archive and verified the hash on another helpful website.
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While Copilot offers numerous benefits, from answering queries to helping with tasks, not everyone may want this level of AI presence in their operating system. Whether you're concerned about privacy, prefer a more traditional Windows experience, or simply don't find Copilot useful, you might be looking to disable this feature.
Microsoft now activates 'Recall', a Copilot AI feature that's making your private emails & messaging obsolete by saving screenshots of these every few seconds. So what does this Windows update mean, is it really "opt in" and how can you turn it off?
Add these to the HOSTS file
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 data.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 msftconnecttest.com
127.0.0.1 azureedge.net
127.0.0.1 activity.windows.com
127.0.0.1 bingapis.com
127.0.0.1 msedge.net
127.0.0.1 assets.msn.com
127.0.0.1 scorecardresearch.com
127.0.0.1 edge.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 data.msn.com
The Grumpy Sysadmin Nov 5, 2025
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Brett In Tech
Winutil, your go-to utility for optimizing and managing your Windows environment. Whether you’re an IT professional, power user, or regular user, Winutil provides a comprehensive set of tools to enhance your Windows experience.
What do I need to do before I even let this dangerous device access the web?
Chris Titus Tech
Reinstall windows
Go here and scroll down to "How to Create a Windows 11 Install Disk that Allows Bypassing Microsoft Accounts"
So a person on A♠ asked Grok, why does my WIN11 laptop go bluescreen and ask me to enter a bitlocker key?
Much more usable is the newly released and found (by me) Speech Note
If you use Linux Mint, it is available in the Software Manager
>>>Speech Note let you take, read and translate notes in multiple languages. It uses Speech to Text, Text to Speech and Machine Translation to do so. Text and voice processing take place entirely offline, locally on your computer, without using a network connection. Your privacy is always respected. No data is sent to the Internet.
net.mkiol.SpeechNote
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