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 ====== How to Turn Off Cortana ====== ====== How to Turn Off Cortana ======
 Cortana is Microsoft's "[[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17214/windows-10-what-is|Digital Agent]]", Micorsoft's words, not mine. And was introduced with Windows 10. Since Windows 10 is supposed to work on desktops, laptops, tablets, and phones, having a Siri like helper was built in. That would be great except for a few things: There are very few Windows phones, like none; Tablets are used differently than "full computers"; Cortana is but ugly slow and not very accurate.\\ Cortana is Microsoft's "[[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17214/windows-10-what-is|Digital Agent]]", Micorsoft's words, not mine. And was introduced with Windows 10. Since Windows 10 is supposed to work on desktops, laptops, tablets, and phones, having a Siri like helper was built in. That would be great except for a few things: There are very few Windows phones, like none; Tablets are used differently than "full computers"; Cortana is but ugly slow and not very accurate.\\
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 Luckily the controls actually do exist. And it takes about five minutes to reset everything and banish Cortana to the slow lane to nowhere where it belongs.\\ Luckily the controls actually do exist. And it takes about five minutes to reset everything and banish Cortana to the slow lane to nowhere where it belongs.\\
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-A few notes:\\+**A few notes:**\\
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-Go to Control Panel > All Control Panel Items >System to find what version of Windows 10 you have. The key word is home or pro.\\+Go to Control Panel > All Control Panel Items >System to find what version of Windows 10 you have. The key word is home or pro. Follow the instructions for your version.\\
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 If you are on a work computer, you may not be able to make these changes. Ask your IT staff to either fix them or let you fix them.\\ If you are on a work computer, you may not be able to make these changes. Ask your IT staff to either fix them or let you fix them.\\
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 [[http://www.howtogeek.com/265027/how-to-disable-cortana-in-windows-10/| How to Disable Cortana from How To Geek]]\\ [[http://www.howtogeek.com/265027/how-to-disable-cortana-in-windows-10/| How to Disable Cortana from How To Geek]]\\
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