Submitted 2 weeks ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://htxt.co.za/2025/03/windows-update-accidentally-removes-copilot/
- 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.
Microsoft accidentally made windows better in an update for the first time in years 😂
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.
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
Microsoft Accidentally Gives Customers Exactly What They’ve Been Asking For, Promises to Fix It Quickly
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
Finally, a good windows update!
Will be hard to argue that it cannot be removed, like they did with internet exploder…
I uninstalled copilot and that bitch reinstalled itself.
Reminds me of “you are being rescued. Please do not resist”
Classic Microsoft. You are really just being a guest in your own computer.
I hope this bug never gets fixed!
“… and nothing of value was lost.”
"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”.
A bug, or a feature?
When the bug BECOMES_ the feature
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.
I am cool with simply have a cpu without the “AI” cores
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.
in an unrelated note, windows speed is now tripled with the latest update.
That’s a feature Microsoft. Start removing more crap and you might have an actual OS and not just a complicated slow overpriced billboard.
Recall next, please
Oh that’s awesome.
Removing the copilot was a happy accident
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 ?
based
Keep pushing accidents like that and I might actually give 11 a try.
Oh no! Anyway…
Its not a bug its a feature!
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.
I use Github Copilot. I like it a lot. What I don’t like is if it were forced right into my butthole.
You’re not allowed to like anything Microsoft does on here.
Clearly lol. It’s like fucking reddit
What if you just don’t use copilot? I have 11 and I just simply haven’t touched that button in the two years I’ve had it. So it seems you can like it and use it or not like it and not use it.
Isn’t copilot just chatgpt? I just use chatgpt instead.
Oh no, what are those kids going to do on the school issued Chromebooks.
Bug, not a feature.
Dalaryous@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Please don’t fix it; we’re ok living with this bug.
Thanks, 98% of your users
innermeerkat@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
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lemmylommy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
*without this bug