Welcome to Incremental Social! Learn more about this project here!
Check out lemmyverse to find more communities to join from here!

invisiblegorilla ,

Sure, an assistant key.. Not a copilot key..

Its the windows key all over again..

Queue the custom keycap crew

bart ,
@bart@moth.social avatar

@yokonzo such a 1990s move

bart ,
@bart@moth.social avatar

@yokonzo beh

smileyhead ,

Introducing: Messaging PC

Requirements:

  • WhatsApp key on the keyboard
  • Network accelerator in the CPU
  • Preinstalled with Windows and unremovable WhatsApp integration
mjhelto ,

Replacing the Windows key. Calling it right now. You'll be forced into using AI in future Windows versions by turning your, "Windows key + typing app you want to open," to a hyper-active Cortana you help, "train" with your data.

reksas ,

why stop there, remove all settings and instead beg for the copilot to adjust them for you. Why, lets remove being able to have administrative rights on your own pc completely and leave that too for copilot.

tb_ ,
@tb_@lemmy.world avatar

Are we going back to a command line interface?

reksas ,

Not at all, we shall have Command Line Prompt™ where instead you tell copilot what you want to do.

Patches ,

And it decides what it will allow you to do.

Actually that's kind of already how Windows 10 and 11 work....

anon_8675309 ,

As long as I can still find a halfway decent laptop to run Linux, I’m good.

BaardFigur ,

Like the Bixby-button I have on my phone, it will fail

smeenz ,

They're still refusing to give up on it - in the latest software update, long pressing the power key now launches bixby ffs. You now have to hold power+vol_down to get the reboot/power off menu.

kuneho ,
@kuneho@lemmy.world avatar

or change it back

smeenz ,

Oh I didn't even think to check if it was configurable. Thanks. Now reverted.

kuneho ,
@kuneho@lemmy.world avatar

glad you found it :)

it was the very first thing I changed back, too x3

I mean, come on, who the hell turns off the phone by voice command? especially Bixby doesn't even know my native language. 😅

Kanda ,

It succeeds at being very annoying

Telodzrum ,

Cool, another super key to map.

jak2k ,

It will just replace the menu key. Just remap that.

Telodzrum ,

The fuck is a menu key?

jak2k ,

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_key

Telodzrum ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d20889ae-f561-4d8c-8aaf-9031e45a7fcb.png

Liz ,

I'm still annoyed my new laptop doesn't have a menu key. I remapped the caps lock key to act as the menu key because it's so dang useful.

andrewth09 ,

Just like my Google Assistant key on the side of my phone that literally does nothing after disabling Google Assistant.

spyd3r ,
@spyd3r@sh.itjust.works avatar

I literally cut the Bixby button out of my old phone because I'd keep accidentally bumping it.

TwinTusks ,

I remap it to "phone" and remove the phone icon from my screen.

Lilac_miku ,

i remapped mine to open firefox

garretble ,
@garretble@lemmy.world avatar

Here’s a tip that may come in handy. Microsoft makes an app called PowerToys that lets you remap keys without having to dink around in the registry: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/

I’ve used it to put CTRL on that useless capslock key like god intended.

buran ,
@buran@lemmy.world avatar

Some keyboards also come with software that lets you disable or remap keys. I turned Caps Lock into something more useful to me, for instance.

garretble ,
@garretble@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah for sure. I have my mechanical keyboard super customized with several layers.

FaceDeer ,
@FaceDeer@fedia.io avatar

But without capslock how do you be angry?

RagingSnarkasm ,

IF YOU ARE REALLY ANGRY YOU WILL MAKE THE EFFORT TO PLOP YOUR FAT CAT DOWN ON A SHIFT KEY

EvolvedTurtle ,

My cat won't stay still long enough :(

el_eh_chase ,

PowerToys is so useful. It's the main thing I will miss if I ever switch to Linux. I'm sure there is software to replace most of the functionality on Linux, but I've yet to get the motivation to look into it.

TheGrandNagus ,

Stuff like key mapping is built into the settings apps of most DEs. At least it is in KDE and Gnome.

Although there are other useful stuff in powertoys that's either not there or implemented in a very different way.

Kissaki ,
@Kissaki@feddit.de avatar

Maybe add a Solopilot key too so I can use a local Windows account, and not have to uninstall adware or disable online-search when I search my PC.

Kissaki ,
@Kissaki@feddit.de avatar

I just set up an HP Laptop for someone and Windows setup is horrendous. Fuck you Microsoft.

There's no way around using a Microsoft account, but when you enter an invalid login, you can proceed setting up a local account anyway. Then all the shit is set up to my disliking. And of course, Microsoft installs its own services adware and additional third-party adware you can't uninstall, and then, HP does the same, installing more scamware. Disgusting.

LucidDaemon ,

Use no@thankyou.com as the email anything as the password and it'll let you setup a local account.

macgyver ,
@macgyver@federation.red avatar

a@a.com

simplejack ,
@simplejack@lemmy.world avatar

Not nearly as fun a dankfartlord@dope.af

_dev_null ,
@_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz avatar

Turns out dope.af is redirecting to andy.is, til.

simplejack ,
@simplejack@lemmy.world avatar

With URLs like that, it’s hard to argue Andy isn’t dope.af

Kissaki ,
@Kissaki@feddit.de avatar

a worked - apparently doesn't even need to be a valid/web email address

Before using any potentially valid domain name I try to use example.com, which is guaranteed to not be in use or claimable.

Ashe ,

If you actually just set it up, this is the perfect time to reset it, and then press shift + F10 then enter "oobe\bypassnro"

It will reboot and you will be able to say that you don't have access to the Internet and set up a local account. That /might/ remove some bloat as well, without needing to reinstall from a flash drive. Which would require reinstalling drivers also.

MisterD ,

Dunno if this still works: when setup your local account, while NOT CONNECTED to the internet login and edit the Start Menu tiles. Delete any blank or empty ones. Those are for the ads!

Kissaki ,
@Kissaki@feddit.de avatar

This laptop has no way to disable wifi. I at least did not find anything - no such function key. And the Windows setup required you to connect to a wiki, with no way to proceed otherwise. Like, wtf?

Observer1199 ,

[Thread, post or comment was deleted by the author]

    •
    Kissaki ,
    @Kissaki@feddit.de avatar

    You can't continue the setup process without connecting to a wifi network. There is no alternative in the UI.

    TechNerdWizard42 ,

    You open the command prompt during initial setup, change the oobe. It reboots, then no Microsoft account.

    charonn0 ,
    @charonn0@startrek.website avatar

    Or else what?

    FaceDeer ,
    @FaceDeer@fedia.io avatar

    Presumably you can't use their branding.

    Brkdncr ,

    I’m not surprised. Vendors do this for branded products all of the time.

    conciselyverbose ,

    Yeah, this is stupid.

    But it's an AI branded product. Having an AI button makes sense for people that are buying a product for that trash.

    lud ,

    Having an AI button makes sense for people that are buying a product for that trash.

    No one is or will be doing that though

    conciselyverbose ,

    People absolutely will.

    AI is a huge buzzword that people are buying into hard. Despite how limited it is.

    pr06lefs ,

    another key I can map to something useful in linux!

    SomethingBurger ,
    @SomethingBurger@jlai.lu avatar

    Looks like it's just replacing the Menu key.

    qaz ,

    So nothing changes then?

    mac ,
    @mac@infosec.pub avatar

    Nuh uh this one has a new picture on it

    MisterFrog ,
    @MisterFrog@lemmy.world avatar

    My menu key 😭

    Me, the one person who will actually miss it.

    I use it mostly at work, so I won't have a choice.

    Liz ,

    There's two of us, anyway.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • technology@lemmy.world
  • incremental_games
  • meta
  • All magazines
    •