{"id":457,"date":"2023-10-16T19:59:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/?p=457"},"modified":"2023-12-01T21:04:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:04:23","slug":"how-to-disable-every-version-of-copilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/16\/how-to-disable-every-version-of-copilot\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable every version of copilot?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m yanking this off Reddit for when they delete the thread (happening more frequently!!).\u00a0 How to get rid of copilot…<\/p>\n

Did a bunch of digging today. It looks like you can also disable it via Intune, using a configuration profile. Thanks to https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/maxpowers156\/<\/a> for posting it.<\/p>\n

*EDIT* 9-25 this config policy failed for all my win11 clients. I tried making a win32 app and pushing out the reg change and that is generating errors also, so YMMV. Right now we’re manually using command line to edit the registry.<\/p>\n

Here is what I got, still testing this out in our environment:\r\nCustom Template\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Name: Disable Windows Copilot OMA-URI: .\/User\/Vendor\/MSFT\/Policy\/Config\/WindowsAI\/TurnOffWindowsCopilot Data type: Integer Value: 1 Copilot is only applicable to the Insider Preview build currently: WindowsAI Policy CSP – Windows Client Management | Microsoft Learn<\/p>\n
I made a dynamic group that finds windows 11 OSes to target it. will test monday.<\/p>\n
 (device.deviceOSVersion -startsWith \"10.0.2\")\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
lastly, here is the reg setting if you just want to push out an Intune app, thanks to https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/kheldorn\/<\/a>. I had this work on 1 test machine, and not work on a different one. it’s Fun!<\/p>\n
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsCopilot] \"TurnOffWindowsCopilot\"=dword:00000001\r\nSee https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/client-management\/mdm\/policy-csp-windowsai\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I couldn’t get the CSP to work either. I have Powershell disabled for my users so I patched together a Remediation to apply it to the users HKU instead of HKCU as system. Tested and confirmed working.<\/p>\n
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New-PSDrive HKU Registry HKEY_USERS | out-null\r\n$user = get-wmiobject -Class Win32_Computersystem | select Username;\r\n$sid = (New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($user.UserName)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).value;\r\n$key = \"HKU:\\$sid\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsCopilot\"\r\n$val = (Get-Item \"HKU:\\$sid\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsCopilot\");\r\n$off = $val.GetValue(\"TurnOffWindowsCopilot\");\r\n\r\nif($off -ne 1)\r\n{\r\n    Write-Host \"Not Compliant\"\r\n    Exit 1\r\n}\r\nelse\r\n{\r\n    Write-Host \"Compliant\"\r\n    Exit 0\r\n}  \r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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        New-PSDrive HKU Registry HKEY_USERS | out-null\r\n        $user = get-wmiobject -Class Win32_Computersystem | select Username;\r\n        $sid = (New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($user.UserName)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).value;\r\n        New-Item -Path HKU:\\$sid\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows -Name WindowsCopilot -Force\r\n        $key = \"HKU:\\$sid\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsCopilot\"\r\n        $val = (Get-Item \"HKU:\\$sid\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsCopilot\") | out-null\r\n        $reg = Get-Itemproperty -Path $key -Name TurnOffWindowsCopilot -erroraction 'silentlycontinue'\r\n        if(-not($reg))\r\n        \t{\r\n        \t\tWrite-Host \"Registry key didn't exist, creating it now\"\r\n                        New-Itemproperty -path $Key -name \"TurnOffWindowsCopilot\" -value \"1\"  -PropertyType \"dword\" | out-null\r\n        \t\texit 1\r\n        \t} \r\n        else\r\n        \t{\r\n         \t\tWrite-Host \"Registry key changed to 1\"\r\n        \t\tSet-ItemProperty  -path $key -name \"TurnOffWindowsCopilot\" -value \"1\" | out-null\r\n        \t\tExit 0  \r\n            \t}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How to disable every version of copilot?<\/a>
 byu\/davidS2525<\/a> insysadmin<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n