Windows 10: Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 10 Search mess

A server-side issue broke Windows Search for users this morning, with the search box showing no search results. The issue has been widely reported by frustrated Windows 10 customers on social media and Microsoft has finally acknowledged the reports.

On February 5, many users encountered the issue on PCs running the November 2019 Update and May 2019 Update. Users reported that they were unable to use the Windows Search that’s built into the operating system because of the blank or black box.

Microsoft is rolling out a fix for Windows Search and the problem has already been resolved for most users. In some cases, you might need to restart your device once, twice or even thrice to restore Windows Search functionality.



In a statement, Microsoft said a “third-party networking fiber provider” affected Windows Search, which means Windows Search service was knocked offline on desktops by infrastructure failure.

According to reports, Microsoft’s fibre provider has had problems and it prevented Windows 10 search queries, including the local results from showing up on consumers and enterprises PCs.

The outage reveals the holes in cloud computing’s atmosphere and Microsoft’s aggressive cloud approach. Microsoft is apparently dependent on its partners for Windows Search’s ability to operate and outages like this can prevent all search results from showing up on desktops.

Microsoft is reviewing its network redundancy options to prevent this problem from happening again.

Windows Search


Lately, Microsoft has been working to unify search experience across Windows, Bing, and Office 365 products. Microsoft also shipped Windows 10 November 2019 Update with unified Windows Search experience and it broke File Explorer for many users.

Microsoft’s efforts to supercharge the search box has many advantages, but such problems are ruining the company’s reputation.

In related news, Windows 10’s latest cumulative update is causing Blue screen of death (BSOD), performance, sound, and internet issues for some users.

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Microsoft Selects Dolby Audio for Windows 10

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Nevertheless, this is good step for microsoft, by far.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

As you may already know, Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) allow you to log in with a valid Microsoft account, instead of creating a local account that only works on your machine. However, you may prefer to keep a local account for privacy reasons. If you do, though, some Windows 10 features—like Cortana—may not work. Despite the default behavior, the Windows 10 Store is not one of them. You can still log in to your Microsoft account for just the Store without switching to a full Microsoft account. The process, however, is not terribly obvious. To do so, follow these steps:

• Launch the Store from your Start menu.
• Click the user icon next to the search box.
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Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.