Don’t listen to the other snarky comments lol. It will be disabled by default, same as the parallel Timeline feature of W10. Also due to the extreme resource requirements, it will only work on purpose-built “Copilot” machines.
Of course you’ll be able to disable it. Until your computer updates the next time, then it’ll turn on and you’ll need to turn it off again. But then they’ll grey out the option not to start it automatically with every reboot and you’ll need to close it manually every time. Until they remove that option, too.
It’s a closed-source operating system witth a very intrusive EULA so it’s hard to tell what is actually happening in the background. The FBI could probably get any user’s local file tree, I assume, regardless of “settings”. Your solution is the best, it certainly beats using the computer 100% offline.
Can you at least disable that feature? Or… Just switch to a Linux distro, really…
Don’t listen to the other snarky comments lol. It will be disabled by default, same as the parallel Timeline feature of W10. Also due to the extreme resource requirements, it will only work on purpose-built “Copilot” machines.
Of course you’ll be able to disable it. Until your computer updates the next time, then it’ll turn on and you’ll need to turn it off again. But then they’ll grey out the option not to start it automatically with every reboot and you’ll need to close it manually every time. Until they remove that option, too.
The true windows experience
I’m sure that if you set a barely documented registry key to a specific DWORD, you can disable it.
Removing it completely, though…
And it’ll be back with the next update.
And the registry key/value pair to disable it will be changed slightly
And then with the next update they will write protect that key so you can’t simply change that value anymore. And set it to be on by default.
They will say it’s for “security reasons”
You almost forgot the “to protect your privacy” and maybe sprinkle some “protecting children” in there too
Of course. Nobody is more worried about CSAM than someone who makes their living having the ability to break into people’s computers.
It’s a closed-source operating system witth a very intrusive EULA so it’s hard to tell what is actually happening in the background. The FBI could probably get any user’s local file tree, I assume, regardless of “settings”. Your solution is the best, it certainly beats using the computer 100% offline.
You can turn it off for sure, but you will lose spell check and the ability to sync files across machines if you do.