Re: Can anyone get Edge Copilot to work without logging in after July 2026?

On Sat, 8/8/2026 12:29 PM, ....winston wrote:

> 
> While hiccups can and do occur, the op's issue cause/symptom is more likely from having previously tampered with Windows default and/or oobe settings or mis-configured Edge settings.
> 
> Fyi...on a Local account
>  - No MSA sign-on in Windows, Edge, Mail(Outlook app, not Office) and also no MSA sign-on in related MSA required apps/programs(OneDrive).
>  - Edge Sidebar chat is enabled, works fine and all without prompt for MSA logon....which is the expected and design intent norm.
>  - no app updates(Edge or CoPilot) modify anything forcing the Copilot Sidebar sign-on
> 
> 
> Additionally, even in a Windows MSA Logon account, signing out completely in Edge and Office,
> the Copilot Sidebar chat functions the same as the Local account(no MSA sign-on required for use).

For a Metro.App, is there ever a situation where an MSA prompt
appears before the application agrees to start ?

I presume in all these cases, the Metro.App was determined by licensing,
to be allowed to install. And the behavior is a request by the Metro.App
itself later (now running and allowed to run), for the MSA, giving access
to something perhaps. Like something stored in the Cloud is being accessed.

All the context the CoPilot program could need, could be stored
on the local disk, with the exception if the model of usage allowed
moving to any computer and continuing the session. Is there a kind
of global setting which says "we don't need to synchronize our sessions
across computers" ? At one time, there was the concept of passing
work between computers and their interfaces.

   Paul