Windows 10 anniversary update

I finally allowed one of my Win 10 computers to take "Anniversary
Update", and I see that once again, Cortana is enabled.

I did some Googling and it seems the only way to disable it is to tweak
the registry.

I really don't wanna have to mess with the registry, so is there another
way to disable it?

Ron wrote:
I finally allowed one of my Win 10 computers to take "Anniversary
Update", and I see that once again, Cortana is enabled.

I did some Googling and it seems the only way to disable it is to tweak
the registry.

I really don't wanna have to mess with the registry, so is there another
way to disable it?

Well, the thing is, even if you modify the Registry,
you know it can be "modified back" at any time by
Microsoft. Editing the registry doesn't bother me,
having to edit the *same* registry entry a hundred
times a year, that would *really* **** me off.

Ultimately, a large percentage of settings are
stored in the Registry - when you use Regedit, you're
"eliminating the middle-man".

And you have nothing to worry about, if you use backups.
You should back up Windows 10 frequently - if you make a
mistake, it could take as little as ten minutes to fix it.
When I updated my dual boot Windows Insider disk, I did
a backup of that just before connecting the network cable
and letting Windows Update loose on it. If I don't
like the results, I just restore from backup, and then
consider my options. You have nothing to fear from
Regedit, if you have a known-working backup setup.
Always have your "bare metal restore" boot CD handy,
in case you *really* break something. I had to
rescue my Win7 one day, after one of those happened,
and C: was "toast". CHKDSK couldn't fix it. This is
why we have backups... Stored on a separate hard drive.
I booted with my bare metal restore CD, and transferred
the backup image on the external disk, over top of the
now-toasted C: partition. Worked like a charm.

Paul

On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:07:58 -0400, Ron wrote:

I finally allowed one of my Win 10 computers to take "Anniversary
Update", and I see that once again, Cortana is enabled.

I did some Googling and it seems the only way to disable it is to tweak
the registry.

I really don't wanna have to mess with the registry, so is there another
way to disable it?


Cortana is enabled for only about 13 countries. See link below.
There are close to 200 countries in the world.

Tell Windows that you are living in a different country.
See the "Setup" tab in the link below for how to change your settings,
then change them to a country that does not qualify for Cortana. :-)


http://www.bing.com/search?q=why+isn...o ws+10+pc%3f


This is what you will see for Cortana.

Screen-shot: -- http://imgur.com/a/4WEjG

* "Previous" -- is before the "Anniversary Update"
* "Now" -- is after the "Anniversary Update"


--
Kind regards
Ralph
🦊

On 09/30/2016 12:07 AM, Ron wrote:
I finally allowed one of my Win 10 computers to take "Anniversary
Update", and I see that once again, Cortana is enabled.

I did some Googling and it seems the only way to disable it is to tweak
the registry.

I really don't wanna have to mess with the registry, so is there another
way to disable it?
What do you want to eliminate; the Cortana program or the Cortana popup?

If the Popup, there are settings in the All settings that will
eliminate the popup. One of them can be found by a search on Cortana on
the ALl Settings page.

The in the toolbar properties click Hide under the search option.

There may be others that I made by since it took time to get where I am
I don't remember all of them.

The good thing about doing it this way is the setting stick during an
upgrade.

On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 08:05:34 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:

I really don't wanna have to mess with the registry, so is there another
way to disable it?
What do you want to eliminate; the Cortana program or the Cortana popup?

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