You can't turn off Cortana in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
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Not a big deal for me, they never bothered to make Cortana work in Poland.
I just find voice assistants pretty useless and annoying, any time I try to use them it just winds up taking more time than it would have were I to have just done whatever I was planning on doing manually. Changing music while driving is pretty much it, because were I to do it myself I'd die.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Chief"
Will it work on non-english language Windows 10 now? I wanted to try it when I installed Windows 10 but nope.
I think it's fucking idiotic it just checks your OS-language and goes "Nope, you can clearly only understand finnish and it's not supported, so fuck off!" instead of having a settings-page where you can just select the language.
[QUOTE=SgtTupelo;50788394]Will it work on non-english language Windows 10 now? I wanted to try it when I installed Windows 10 but nope.
I think it's fucking idiotic it just checks your OS-language and goes "Nope, you can clearly only understand finnish and it's not supported, so fuck off!" instead of having a settings-page where you can just select the language.[/QUOTE]
I had it working in Australian English and Japanese, you just have to make sure the OS language matches the country you have it set to. They never do a Geo IP lookup or anything and it doesn't appear to be used anywhere (have Japanese one working in Australia so I know it works).
[QUOTE=SgtTupelo;50788394]Will it work on non-english language Windows 10 now? I wanted to try it when I installed Windows 10 but nope.
I think it's fucking idiotic it just checks your OS-language and goes "Nope, you can clearly only understand finnish and it's not supported, so fuck off!" instead of having a settings-page where you can just select the language.[/QUOTE]
It's just a matter of OS language, at worst you can fix it by installing a language pack. I have w10 installed in English and Cortana works fine.
EDIT:
I mean it "works" in the sense that it's functional, it's still completely useless
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;50788479]
I mean it "works" in the sense that it's functional, it's still completely useless[/QUOTE]
Gotta have that US flagdog for anything under bing to actually be somewhat useful
[editline]28th July 2016[/editline]
Probably will expand this out
In regular bing/cortana searching 'US Election' returns sweet FA, however with a US locale of bing at my desposal, I can get a magnitude of information.
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All of this information doesn't exist here.
It's a hindered platform for a majority of the world. And yet they will still force it onto everyone, for all I hope people that do choose to use it become vocal on what it lacks, and that it needs to be improved for it to even be considered liable.
Wait so I won't be able to turn off a feature that I don't use because I find it to be not only useless but also cluttering?
Thanks Microsoft....
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;50786451]dual boot brah
Or even better if your CPU supports it, GPU Passthrough.
Heavily cutting down my exposure to Windows has improved my sanity by magnitudes.[/QUOTE]
I've really been wanting to do this ever since you mentioned it to me. Really close to buying a new CPU and Mobo.
[editline]28th July 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=_Pai;50785743][url]http://www.pcworld.com/article/3100358/windows/you-cant-turn-off-cortana-in-the-windows-10-anniversary-update.html[/url]
people will defend this[/QUOTE]
My entire defense of Windows 10 hinged on the fact that I could disable whatever I liked. I didn't like automatic updates so I disabled them. I didn't like telemetry so I disabled it. I didn't like Cortana, so I disabled it.
That's gonna change if I can't disable shit.
[QUOTE=AntonioR;50785827]So, have they finally updated Cortana to be a half nude hologram woman that walks around your desktop ?[/QUOTE]
On that note: I'd probably unironically install [URL="https://i1.wp.com/i68.tinypic.com/312x11z.jpg"]Liko[/URL], then again she's actually really useful in the anime.
I wish Microsoft hadn't locked down the API so much. I tried to write a Cortana extension a while back but it seems you can't even interface with it using a normal desktop application.
It feels more like what you'd see on a smartphone I think, but even for that the API seems cumbersome and unreliable.
[QUOTE=Tamschi;50789112]On that note: I'd probably unironically install [URL="https://i1.wp.com/i68.tinypic.com/312x11z.jpg"]Liko[/URL], then again she's actually really useful in the anime.
I wish Microsoft hadn't locked down the API so much. I tried to write a Cortana extension a while back but it seems you can't even interface with it using a normal desktop application.
It feels more like what you'd see on a smartphone I think, but even for that the API seems cumbersome and unreliable.[/QUOTE]
Regarding the Cortana API it seems that you can actually interact with her with a Windows 10 "app" but it's still super limited.
[QUOTE=FlakTheMighty;50789333]Regarding the Cortana API it seems that you can actually interact with her with a Windows 10 "app" but it's still super limited.[/QUOTE]
There was [URL="https://github.com/OrangeSec/CortanaProxy"]a proxy project[/URL] that could add completely custom queries, but it seems to be abandoned and I don't know if it works at all on a computer. I hope someone figures out how to hook the process directly.
I wouldn't mind Cortana if she didn't Bing search any command I give her beyond opening an application. She's pretty retarded.
What the fuck does Cortana even do
the only thing that I know it does different from the normal search bar is allow you to say "that motherfucker is on box at B site with an AK" which it picks up as "hey cortana" and allow you hands-free alt-tabbing in the middle of a game.
Dunno if this if good or bad because idek what the damn thing does.
[QUOTE=TheJoker;50785760]Only thing Bing is good for is porn. I'd imagine someone will figure out a way to turn it off.[/QUOTE]
Why is Bing good for porn?
[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;50790407]Why is Bing good for porn?[/QUOTE]
Better results I believe and you don't have to be specific. For example you can just search for Tera Patrick and get boobies while Google kinda censors the results unless you get specific.
I might as well throw my cards on the table regarding this. I like Windows 10, but users should be able to opt out of features that they don't use. I for one never really make use of Cortana, yet it sits in the background eating away resources. (although not by much)
[QUOTE=gk99;50790392]What the fuck does Cortana even do
the only thing that I know it does different from the normal search bar is allow you to say "that motherfucker is on box at B site with an AK" which it picks up as "hey cortana" and allow you hands-free alt-tabbing in the middle of a game.[/QUOTE]
I mean
You can't remove it but you can stop it from always being ready, right?
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;50787748]it's unsupported in my country
I Win[/QUOTE]
we are blessed
My trick to disable Cortana completely (and stop it from running in the background) is just to delete/rename it's folder under C:\Windows\SystemApps, kill it in task manager and then hit "Try Again" on the dialog box before it starts itself again
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/gliSxXJ.png[/IMG]
:v:
Good thing I have Win8.1 and Win7 flashdrives ready.
For some reason even when I'm using Cortana the process doesn't show up.
Weird.
Cortona would boot me out of games because it thought I was talking to her
[QUOTE=mark6789;50791888]Cortona would boot me out of games because it thought I was talking to her[/QUOTE]
Can't you set her up so that she doesn't respond to the audio queue?
I set her up like that when I first installed and she hasn't been bugging me
Also, god it's fucking weird that we're calling this piece of software "her"
[QUOTE=phygon;50791908]Can't you set her up so that she doesn't respond to the audio queue?
I set her up like that when I first installed and she hasn't been bugging me
Also, god it's fucking weird that we're calling this piece of software "her"[/QUOTE]
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