Windows 10: Cortana is not working after windows update it's saying "Sorry but for the time being, I am...

my Cortana v 2.21028653.0 responds to opening outlook, calculator, and setting reminders.


I have tried reinstalling, troubleshooting, setting change everything still it's saying that "Sorry but for the time being, I am not equipped to do that."

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cortana not working

Hi Karamvir,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Sorry to know that the Cortana is not working in Windows 10.

For better understanding of the issue, please reply to the following questions.

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  Do you get any error message on Cortana?
  
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  Did you make any changes to the system prior to this issue?
  

I suggest you to follow the troubleshooting steps listed below and check if it resolves the issue.

Make sure that Cortana is enabled:

Click on the Taskbar search box, click Settings icon, and then make sure that the option labelled Cortana can give you suggestions, ideas, reminders, alerts and more is turned ON.

Turn on Location

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  Click on Start and select Settings, navigate to Privacy > Location.
  
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  On the right-side, under Location, you will see On if the location is enabled for this device.
  
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  And, if the location for this device is not enabled, please click the Change button, and then move the slider to on position.
  

Install all Windows Updates

Most of the issues are fixed by installing Windows Updates make sure that your system is up-to-date.

Type Windows Updates in search bar and select Check for updates from the results.

If updates are available, try installing them and check.

Hope this information is helpful.

 

Cortana only works for a few minutes then seems like it times out.

Hi Elaine,

To help you with your issue with Cortana, we suggest that you try disabling and enabling it again with the steps provided by
John Ado on this
thread.

Update us on the result.

Regards.

 

Cortana is not working fine

Hi,

For better understanding the issue let us know few details,

• • • • 
        Have you created any system restore point?
        
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        Are you facing same issue on other user account?
        

As initial troubleshooting I request you to try below steps,

I suggest you to install the latest windows 10 updates, please follow the steps to install all the windows updates.

If you want to check for the update now, select the Start button, then select Settings
> Update & security > Windows Update > Check for updates.

Run the Search and Indexing Troubleshooter.

Follow the below steps:

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  Open Control Panel.
  
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  Select Troubleshooting.
  
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  Click on Search and Indexing Troubleshooter.
  
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  Run the Troubleshooter.
  

And also I suggest you to refer the below link and check.

Fix problems with the Start menu

Hope this information helps. Get back to us if you have any more queries on windows.

Thank you.