Windows 10: Toshiba will build a Cortana button into its Windows 10 laptops

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Good move, hope other manufactures follow suit !

:)

 

Computer won't startup after recent update and System Restore fails.

the laptop is a Toshiba Tecra R840-10E its running windows 10 home preview. version 1709. Os build 16299.15. as far as i can remember. also this loop is at start up.

 

why dont i have cortana?

hello

so my build number is "version 10 (build 10240)

i inherited a laptop from my brother and it already had windows 10 but i couldnt find cortana

when i press the"search the web and windows" button on my screen and it supposed to say cortana somewhere on the side next to Home,settings,feedback but its not there.or atleast thats what i been told and when i search my laptop for cortana it dosent come
up with anything.

i have done no trouble shooting so far but i did search the internet for answers but i couldnt find anything that satisfied my needs so i came here.

thank you for helping,

 

A good sign that bodes well for Cortana's continued improvement. My experience to date is that Cortana is much more able (smarter) on my Windows Phone than on my desktop computer.

Rich

 

*Roflmao2

Kinda the same reaction I had, but I thought y'all might be interested. *Wink

 

*Start + Q, or *Start + S
same diff.

 

I hope the button can be remapped to something else like "Home" button. It will be useless for some.

 

*Ditto

 

Could be useful I guess.. can't hurt anything.

 

I sure hope that special button can be disabled, as well as the dubious "help" it could provide. The spectre of on update "Clippy" on steroids comes to mind--not a pleasant thought.

 

It will hurt keyboard layout. especially on small portable PCs. It is only one button but it takes space.
If cortana is region locked, what will people that live in regions where cortana not available do with that button?

 

You have a point but I think the PC makers will take this issue into account. And I hope that they ship the PC's with this feature would be shipped to regions that can make use of Cortana and not to ones that can't make use of this feature.

 

Let's not jump to conclusions of where the key will be placed.

Hmm. Not understanding why people are against innovation. *Think How about going back to using something like this:





We all adapted to the Windows key, yes? A great addition IMO. Keyboards have changed through the years.

I think Cortana to be a great feature. Absolutely no problems in answering to my voice, even from across the room. I have it set to answer texts on my Lumia. If I'm working along and a text comes in she tells me who it's from and asks if she should read it. I may say no and she goes away. If yes, she reads it. I can then decide to answer or not. If answering, she does it all while I continue working. Now I'm double tasking. I can even walk and chew gum at the same time. *Biggrin

BunnyJ's sig says it all. I swear it seems some of you live in a cave. *Wink

 

The best keyboards are multi-colored, have extra features documented on the sides, are connected to video data processors, are arranged in straight lines, have a minimum number of key sizes, and have the bare essential number of keys like this top of the line keyboard found on www.pdp8.net.