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Windows questions? How Copilot can analyze your PC settings now - ZDNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Now rolling out to the Copilot Windows app, the new PC Insights skill can answer questions about your Windows system, settings, and more. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Troubleshooting a Windows problem or even just locating a specific setting can be challenging. Often, you end up stumbling around the operating system, hoping to find what you need. Now, Microsoft is aiming to ease that challenge through its own Copilot AI. Also: Microsoft’s new Windows 11 recovery tool is the ultimate Undo button Now rolling out to the Copilot Windows app is a new skill known as PC Insights. Here, you can ask Copilot a variety of questions about your Windows environment, and the AI will analyze it to provide the answers. As spotted by Windows Latest and described in a Microsoft support article, PC insights tries to serve up the right details so you don’t have to manually dig around your own system settings. Download and install the Copilot Windows app if you don’t already have it. Rev up the app and then ask a question about your environment. Some examples

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