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• Even 96 year olds get tripped up by Copilot

  Posted on February 28, 2025 at 03:00 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  So my dad calls me today: “I can’t get into my tax software.” Yes, he’s 96 years old and still works on taxes on occasion. “Every time I launch the icon it won’t let me log in.” No problem, says I, and I use a remote tool to log in and see what’s up. And immediately see the problem.

  He’s running a Windows 10 PC on which the Copilot app slid in quietly and pinned itself to the toolbar. And why was that a problem? Because it was right next to the browser icon that gets him into the cloud tax software he uses. Yes, he uses a cloud-based tax software. At 96. If he’s doing taxes, he’s obviously still sharp. But even he got tripped up, mistaking the Copilot icon for the browser icon (location, location, location).

  I promptly removed the icon from the taskbar and uninstalled the app from his computer. Problem solved.

  Windows 10 Copilot app, Patch Lady Posts

• Controlling the Moments

  Posted on April 8, 2024 at 02:42 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Microsoft releases more changes to Windows 10 and 11.

  Last year, Microsoft announced that 22H2 would be the last version of Windows 10 and hinted that no more changes would be rolled out. The reality is vastly different.

  Included in the preview updates for Windows 10 22H2, and therefore in the April updates, are the following changes for Windows 10.

  • Windows Spotlight is added to your desktop background.
  • More content is added to your lock screen, such as weather, sports, traffic, and finance.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.15.0, 2024-04-08).

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