Removing cortana in Win 10

Wi88le

50Twuncle wrote: »

I have found a way to remove the hated cortana in Windows 10 ........
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-uninstall-and-remove-cortana-in-windows-10/
I can confirm that it does work - just make sure that you are using a 3rd party menu (such as Classic shell - or you will lose "SEARCH")

Now to get rid of EDGE.

Don't forget bing search engine.

50Twuncle

Wi88le wrote: »

Don't forget bing search engine.

Is Google any safer ?
I used to use duck duck go !!

50Twuncle

EssexExile wrote: »

I just don't use Cortana, why do I need to do anything else?

Because it still spies on your browsing and can (and does) report home !!

RumRat

50Twuncle wrote: »

Because it still spies on your browsing and can (and does) report home !!

What does it tell them???
The Genie is out of the bottle now.....................It's never going back in, you may as well enjoy the ride or go live in a cave...;)

grumpycrab

Sorry Twuncle but better start getting ready for the next Windows 10 iteration...https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/upcoming-features

50Twuncle

grumpycrab wrote: »

Sorry Twuncle but better start getting ready for the next Windows 10 iteration...https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/upcoming-features

It's back to win 3.1 for me then

spud17

I use this registry alteration, be careful,

http://www.howtogeek.com/265027/how-to-disable-cortana-in-windows-10/

I've used it several times, caution, I did try the 'one click' offering which caused problems for some reason.
I've found the manual method to work every time.
If you have Pro versions the key is there and you just need to alter the value.
If you have Home versions you will have to insert new 'Windows Search' key with the appropriate value.

J_B

Slightly O/T, but when I'm using Firefox on my laptop without the charger plugged in, I get an occasional message (in the notification area) telling me that Cortana is much better than FF as it uses less battery!! :rotfl:

Is there a way of disabling this message??

wongataa

50Twuncle wrote: »

Because it still spies on your browsing and can (and does) report home !!

.....Evidence?

50Twuncle

wongataa wrote: »

.....Evidence?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=does+ms+use+cortana+to+spy&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=I8d0WLu4Daz38AeNo6aACQ