Reply to: feckin cortana

[xoggoth]

Never use it and never noticed any performance change but it was running as a process. Ended task.

[eek]

Get a Mac, if you can afford it.

Were they building machines of the spec I needed I would be. Until the new ones come out I will live with the Dell I bought in April when the macbook could no longer cut it.

[vetran]

Get a Mac, if you can afford it.

why everything I use is on Windows. Mac is lovely as a statement but if you want to test & use software then you need M$.

I have Linux etc on my virtual server.

[vetran]

More likely a malware than Cortana.

only thing I changed was switching off Cortana. Suddenly the PC was usable again.

[fullyautomatix]

8gb memory

spinning rust.

as I say no cortana makes it as fast as any other PC I use.

Turn cortana on and I have to wait as I type.

I'm not upgrading because M$ want to turn junk on.

More likely a malware than Cortana.

[scooterscot]

Get a Mac, if you can afford it.

[vetran]

How much memory? SSD drive?

8gb memory

spinning rust.

as I say no cortana makes it as fast as any other PC I use.

Turn cortana on and I have to wait as I type.

I'm not upgrading because M$ want to turn junk on.

[vetran]

You need a new computer. I don't even notice it on mine.

for what I use it for with Cortana disabled my PC is fine. Fast typing & browsing.

[eek]

assuming it doesn't kill your pc.

nice idea but on my AMD A6 5200 (equivalent to an i3) it killed it.

How much memory? SSD drive?

Its not an issue with 48gb ram, Xeon processor and the faster m2 drive you can buy (yes I'm just being awkward).

[vetran]

I love Cortana!! Use it every single day and cant do without it. I understand its to counter Apple's Siri but MS have done it the right way and is so good.

assuming it doesn't kill your pc.

nice idea but on my AMD A6 5200 (equivalent to an i3) it killed it.

[Bee]

yep stupid barstewards they should check what sort of impact it will have before switching it on.

I disabled my automatic updates when I knew that Microsoft was updating to Window 10 without our permition.

[eek]

Regedit seems to have killed it.

How to Disable Cortana in Windows 10’s Anniversary Update

from a few seconds for each keypress its back to instantaneous.

You need a new computer. I don't even notice it on mine.

[vetran]

You can't switch it fully off now

Regedit seems to have killed it.

How to Disable Cortana in Windows 10’s Anniversary Update

from a few seconds for each keypress its back to instantaneous.

[fullyautomatix]

I love Cortana!! Use it every single day and cant do without it. I understand its to counter Apple's Siri but MS have done it the right way and is so good.

[missinggreenfields]

yep stupid barstewards they should check what sort of impact it will have before switching it on.

You can't switch it fully off now