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Yes, it is overkill for vanilla minecraft, but some modpacks these days with 300+ mods can take a lot to run, I'd say those specs are perfect for even the biggest of modpacks.
 

SpyBot Anti-Beacon gives you the option to block and disable it and it gave me the search button back.

How-To-Geek made a regedit file that you can use and it does it automatically. Rather convenient actually.
 
http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Disable-Cortana.zip

Eh like I said not worried about it until it figures out that it has an update available.
1607 is the Version
Redwood 1 is one of the names for the anniversary update.

Read this thread if you believe that the NSA is listening to you via Cortana.
It is astonishingly easy to disable Cortana (well, not even close to as easy as it should be, Microsoft needs to get it together)
Before you read this thread you should know that we will be changing the Windows registry which can lead to some irreversible problems if you are careless, that said, these are very straight forward instructions, anyone can do it!
 
Step #1:
-Go to the settings for Cortana and disable everything that has to do with Cortana. This step is not necessary but if you believe in being extra careful, do this.
Step #2:
-Enter the windows registry editor by holding down the start menu key and pressing 'r', and then type in 'regedit', press enter and when a dialog box appears, press 'yes'
-In the registry, navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\
-Now that you are at the 'Microsoft' folder, right click the 'Windows' folder and select New>Key, name this key 'Windows Search'
-All you have to do now is right click the 'Windows Search' folder and select New>DWORD (32-bit) Value and, name it 'AllowCortana', now double click it and make sure the value is set to 0, and it's a hexadecimal (not sure if it has to be)
Step #3:
-Finally you are ready to get rid of Cortana, all you need to do is a restart and you will now be back to the good old "Search Windows" bar
*It is important noting that if you want to get Cortana back in the future, it is as easy as navigating back to the 'AllowCortana' file, double clicking it, setting the value to 1. If that fails, just delete it.
 
Microsoft, there is a huge number of people who hate Cortana, just make it easier to disable!
 
I don't check back in here regularly, but when I do I would be happy to answer any questions!

I agree with this, but then ACER is probably the most reliable of the listed brands.
 

I agree with this, but then ACER is probably the most reliable of the listed brands.
 

I posted a thread on this yesterday, here is the link:
 

Thanks this worked I was being an idiot