Windows 10: Cortana Broken After Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

I don't use Cortana that much, but prior to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, it worked perfectly.
But since applying the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Cortana refuses to listen or talk/respond.

I have tested my microphone and audio, and it all still works.
Has anyone else noticed this problem, or can you suggest a fix?

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ATI USB 600/750 TV Tuner Windows 10 is Compatible

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has broken the tuner driver.

I have been using Arcsoft Total Media 3.5 to watch TV on my PC. After the Fall Creators Update, the tuner no longer works reliably. I can sometimes get it to work after multiple restarts.

 

Cortana not finding local documents

Thanks, did all the things. Also did sfc and dism. Also checked locations under Indexing Options. Also rebuilt index.

It is still broken. Broke after updating to Fall Creators Update.

This is seriously afu.

How do I stop Cortana and revert to plain Windows Search?

 

Hi there. You can start with

Run SFC Command in Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials

If that doesn't fix:

Use DISM to Repair Windows 10 Image Performance Maintenance Tutorials

And there's

Reinstall and Re-register Cortana in Windows 10 Apps Features Tutorials

 

Hi, have you checked that setting?

Note that upgrading (and in-place upgrade repair) can reset some settings. I don't know what the default is for this.

 

Yes, I checked that Cortana is on.
Though, the interface looks different to that after the Fall Creators Update.

I also reinstalled and re-registered it and done a SFC.

I am starting to think that it is a bug as I have now found that all my computers have the same problem with Cortana since the Fall Creators Update.

 

@Stigg

As you may know, Cortana settings are now in the Settings app. Did you train it how you speak?







Did you go through > WinKey/S > Notebook > About me > It has your name?


You may want to sign into your MS account online > Privacy tab/button > Scroll down to view and clear voice activity. You may want to clear voice activity and start over. Perhaps the voice files are corrupt? Not sure.

 

That's handy information that you provided. It didn't have my name, so I put it in and it asked me to test it by playing my name, but it wouldn't speak. As I said previously, it's deaf and dumb.

 

I noticed when I just started training Cortana to my voice, that I have to keep clicking on the microphone in the bottom right corner before Cortana will listen. I don't think that was needed prior to the Fall Creators Update. Also, prior to the Fall Creators Update, Cortana already understood my voice. But I cleared the voice history as you said, and tried re-training it, without success.

 

Have you checked your actual microphone volume? Mine is really low even with 20dB boost using a simple headset.

Are you using a USB mike?

 

Yes, mic setup and type is important. On a PC that's critical I've noticed. It was developed for the phone of which I never had a problem with it since release 3 or 4 years ago.

Hmm. So it's not responding either. Strange.

You shouldn't have to click on the mic. During that training session, when it understands the phrase you spoke, it moves on to the next and so on until all the phrases are understood. If it doesn't understand then it turns off after a few seconds. I eventually just kept saying the phrase until it did and then moved on.

You may be right here. It seemed Cortana worked better for me in CU than it did in FCU (via Windows Update). It missed the first word I said a lot until I cleaned installed the other day. You may want to try clean install on at least one of your PCs to see how that goes.

 

Yes, I am using a USB mike, and it works fine for everything else, and worked well for Cortana prior to the Fall Creators Update.