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Copilot key doesn't sound all that useful, but still will be much better than Office key
It was almost always Cortana or index service or disk defender or something Microsoft added with very good intentions. And I would deprioritize it, or tune it, or disable it if it was optional. And every time, Microsoft would turn it back on against my configuration settings and wishes and it would start messing up my system.
The most frustrating part of this was googling and debugging and finding many other people struggling with this, for years; and Microsoft not fixing it. And it seemed like they would gaslight by saying it didn’t happen, or shouldn’t happen, or it is acceptable that it happened.
I expect that this new feature will suck so hard. I’m glad I rarely use windows these days.
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They're replacing the right Windows key with a Copilot key.
I only have a left Windows key, in the right I have a menu key.
Well, that's one way to keep the branding teams from tinkering with the logo.
Neat! Hopefully this means we get an extra remappable key on Linux!
I'm honestly a bit surprised we're still not seeing the emoji key on more keyboards, given how popular emoji are. Do that many people use the right Windows key? Or even the AltGr key in English-speaking locales?
I used to use windows a few hours a day. Almost every day I would have to track down a rogue process that pegged my cpu and sometimes disk and would bring other programs to a halt. It was almost always Cortana or index service or disk defender or something Microsoft added with very good intentions. And I would deprioritize it, or tune it, or disable it if it was optional. And every time, Microsoft would turn it back…
As if.