Windows 10: Windows trying but failing to install "english (us) speech recognition" with error code...

Just bought a HP Probook that had Windows 10 pro pre installed.


Every 5 minutes or so it tries to update the Speech recognition as mentioned in the subject but always fails. This gives off the same chime as other Windows warnings and my e-mail and is all around extremely annoying. In particular since I don't recall asking for, trying to install or in anyway need this feature. At least as far as I know.


I've searched the internet far and wide for both the error code which seems to be a problem with Windows store (solved by resetting Microsoft store) and the actual message, which always seems to happen to other users with another error code (and easily solvable by restarting windows update via Windows Services in their cases).


Neither solutions seem to work for my system.


How do I get this to stop? Either get windows to stop trying to install it or help it finish? (I don't care either way, I just want this to stop).




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Win10 keeps trying installing "English (US) Speech Recognition" and fails

Since a few days Windows 10 constantly nags me with an error message "Something happened, and we couldn't install a feature".

By clicking on the error message I am brought to Manage Optional Features. The History lists several failed attempts to install English (US) Speech Recognition. The install fails with error 0x80070422 (terse as usual, thanks Microsoft).

Hence the questions:

• Why is Windows 10 trying to install this component? I haven't asked for it and it will be of little use to me.
  
• What does the error mean (i.e. Why the install fails)?
  
• How do I tell Windows to give up?
  

 

No speech recognition at all


Hi, this may be of interest:
Installing additional language packs for Windows 10 speech recognition random ranting

This has downloads, + a complete list of languages availablefor Win 10:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=27224
(but note the date)

fwiw I just tried it- my locale, speech, display language etc are set to UK English. (Which took some doing this time, or something was slightly messed up).

If I type speech in Cortana's search box, say, I get Windows Speech Recognition as top search.

I use Classic Shell, with the Control Panel expanded, so in a second or less I can see 'Speech Recognition' listed there.

Similarly, if I type 'Speech' in Settings I can easily see Speech Recognition.
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With the speech recognition bar displayed, task manager shows:
SpeechRuntime.exe in C:\Windows\System32\Speech_OneCore\Common ..........

sapisvr.exe in C:\Windows\Speech\Common

running.

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Some (older) search results:

I came across this for Win 7
Speech Recognition - Language Configuration is Not Supported Error Fix - Windows 7 Help Forums
- maybe there's an updated one here (see Tutorials).

There are a couple of helpful links at the end of this (but Win 7 again)
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...c-cb0ae84c939d

 

trying to install the German speech recognition

I use Windows 10, the last build. I have English and German languages installed on my system. However Windows failed and after that it has been constantly trying to install the German speech recognition. I see how it is trying
to do it every day. My question, how can I stop installing German speech recognition?