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Squinch

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1. Those things scare me. I just got a computer with Cortana. I tried taking it off. You can't.

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Sat Mar 18, 2017, 11:05 PM

Mar 2017

I tried turning it off, you can't. Everywhere you turn, there's this creepy thing talking to you that you don't want talking to you.

I picture it like being the black-cloaked white-masked monster in "Scream."

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Alexa Stop! [View all] JonLP24 Mar 2017 OP

Those things scare me. I just got a computer with Cortana. I tried taking it off. You can't. Squinch Mar 2017 #1

Really, you can't? IndyJones Mar 2017 #3

Cortona is one of the reasons I went back to Win8.1... uriel1972 Mar 2017 #5

I'm told that the newest version is too embedded to be taken out entirely. Squinch Mar 2017 #9

Nope. You can turn it off where you find it, but I keep finding it in places I never expected to. Squinch Mar 2017 #8

How to Disable Cortana in Windows 10s Anniversary Update discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #10

Thank you for this. I tried another registry fix I saw somewhere, and the damn thing kept Squinch Mar 2017 #11

Alexa apparently doesn't come with parental controls. democratisphere Mar 2017 #2

I unplug Alexa when IndyJones Mar 2017 #4

The one thing I don't understand is whyAlexa JonLP24 Mar 2017 #12

There is a woman named Alexa Seary and her life has become a hell. Kablooie Mar 2017 #6

my brother told Alexa KT2000 Mar 2017 #7