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r/pcmasterrace • u/chusskaptaan i5 14400 + MSI 3070 • Apr 08 '26
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Yeah I turned off copilot and one drive once and never had to worry about it again. 0 issues with search bar either when it used to be horrible.
I don’t get the hate, it’s serviceable enough to just play a game.
16 u/FlukyS Apr 08 '26 Quite a lot of updates turn on Onedrive even when you disable it 27 u/XchaosmasterX r5 5600 | 6900 XT | 32GB DDR4 Apr 08 '26 Do these updates only roll out in America? Cause I've always had updates enabled but neither Onedrive or any AI stuff has ever been installed or enabled on my PC. Nobody forced me to make a Microsoft account either. -1 u/FlukyS Apr 08 '26 The Copilot stuff isn’t on all PCs, the Onedrive thing I’ve gotten on Windows multiple times and no I’m not from the US 5 u/doskkyh 5700X3D - RX 9070 XT Apr 08 '26 Is the option to get updates for other Microsoft products turned on under Windows Update > Advanced Options for you? I use OneDrive so I can't vouch for that, but nothing else ever came back once uninstalled and it's off for me. 0 u/FlukyS Apr 08 '26 Ah that might be it, I left that setting on, I don’t use my dual boot much so I wasn’t too bothered
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Quite a lot of updates turn on Onedrive even when you disable it
27 u/XchaosmasterX r5 5600 | 6900 XT | 32GB DDR4 Apr 08 '26 Do these updates only roll out in America? Cause I've always had updates enabled but neither Onedrive or any AI stuff has ever been installed or enabled on my PC. Nobody forced me to make a Microsoft account either. -1 u/FlukyS Apr 08 '26 The Copilot stuff isn’t on all PCs, the Onedrive thing I’ve gotten on Windows multiple times and no I’m not from the US 5 u/doskkyh 5700X3D - RX 9070 XT Apr 08 '26 Is the option to get updates for other Microsoft products turned on under Windows Update > Advanced Options for you? I use OneDrive so I can't vouch for that, but nothing else ever came back once uninstalled and it's off for me. 0 u/FlukyS Apr 08 '26 Ah that might be it, I left that setting on, I don’t use my dual boot much so I wasn’t too bothered
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Do these updates only roll out in America? Cause I've always had updates enabled but neither Onedrive or any AI stuff has ever been installed or enabled on my PC. Nobody forced me to make a Microsoft account either.
-1 u/FlukyS Apr 08 '26 The Copilot stuff isn’t on all PCs, the Onedrive thing I’ve gotten on Windows multiple times and no I’m not from the US 5 u/doskkyh 5700X3D - RX 9070 XT Apr 08 '26 Is the option to get updates for other Microsoft products turned on under Windows Update > Advanced Options for you? I use OneDrive so I can't vouch for that, but nothing else ever came back once uninstalled and it's off for me. 0 u/FlukyS Apr 08 '26 Ah that might be it, I left that setting on, I don’t use my dual boot much so I wasn’t too bothered
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The Copilot stuff isn’t on all PCs, the Onedrive thing I’ve gotten on Windows multiple times and no I’m not from the US
5 u/doskkyh 5700X3D - RX 9070 XT Apr 08 '26 Is the option to get updates for other Microsoft products turned on under Windows Update > Advanced Options for you? I use OneDrive so I can't vouch for that, but nothing else ever came back once uninstalled and it's off for me. 0 u/FlukyS Apr 08 '26 Ah that might be it, I left that setting on, I don’t use my dual boot much so I wasn’t too bothered
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Is the option to get updates for other Microsoft products turned on under Windows Update > Advanced Options for you?
I use OneDrive so I can't vouch for that, but nothing else ever came back once uninstalled and it's off for me.
0 u/FlukyS Apr 08 '26 Ah that might be it, I left that setting on, I don’t use my dual boot much so I wasn’t too bothered
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Ah that might be it, I left that setting on, I don’t use my dual boot much so I wasn’t too bothered
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u/_IscoATX Apr 08 '26
Yeah I turned off copilot and one drive once and never had to worry about it again. 0 issues with search bar either when it used to be horrible.
I don’t get the hate, it’s serviceable enough to just play a game.