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Unable to type or access Cortana search on Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14332

Old title: build 14332 keypress problem

i cant type or search anything on cortana or search using keyboard seems keypress is disabled, ive already encountered this on build 14328 but seems to be fixed by reboot or closing cortana/search then typing again, but now does not work at all.

please help.

thanks.

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Hello Racile,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

We understand the inconvenience you have experienced. Let us know below things to analyze the issue.

  1. How about searching on File Explorer?
  2. What happens when you press Start button and type?
  3. When you click on Cortana Search space, will it respond?
  4. How about accessing items on Taskbar?
  5. Are you able to type on other places without any issues?

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hi Lawrence thanks for the response here's my system information:

System Information report written at: 04/27/16 13:06:57
System Name:
[System Summary]
Item Value 
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 
Version 10.0.14332 Build 14332 
Other OS Description  Not Available 
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation 
System Name  
System Manufacturer Dell Inc. 
System Model Inspiron 5548 
System Type x64-based PC 
System SKU Inspiron 5548 
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2401 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) 
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A04, 5/15/2015 
SMBIOS Version 2.7 
Embedded Controller Version 255.255 
BIOS Mode Legacy 
BaseBoard Manufacturer Dell Inc. 
BaseBoard Model Not Available 
BaseBoard Name Base Board 
Platform Role Mobile 
Secure Boot State Unsupported 
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible 
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS 
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 
Locale United States 
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.14332.1001" 
User Name  
Time Zone Malay Peninsula Standard Time 
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB 
Total Physical Memory 15.9 GB 
Available Physical Memory 12.0 GB 
Total Virtual Memory 18.8 GB 
Available Virtual Memory 14.8 GB 
Page File Space 2.88 GB 
Page File C:\pagefile.sys 
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes 
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes 
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes 
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes
Storage   Intel® SSD 530 Series
Storage Capacity 240 GB
Storage Used Space 140.40 GB
Storage Free Space 82.36 GB

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hi Yashwanth Kotakuri,

  1. How about searching on File Explorer? - its working fine
  2. What happens when you press Start button and type? - not working same as cortana search.
  3. When you click on Cortana Search space, will it respond? - yes i can click on it but cant type seems keyboard is disbaled but cortana voice command is working.
  4. How about accessing items on Taskbar? - items on the task bar are also good.
  5. Are you able to type on other places without any issues? - yes other than cortana search box and start button then type.

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I have similar problem, surface pro 4 i5 Cortana is not working at all. Also I updated again  to 10334 insider but the little corner of the desktop says 14332.rs1

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I have similar problem, surface pro 4 i5 Cortana is not working at all. Also I updated again  to 10334 insider but the little corner of the desktop says 14332.rs1

There never has been an Insider build 10334.

Build 14332 is the newest Insider build.

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@Racile,

@LucioBolognani

Thank you for providing the required details.

Press Windows Key + R to open run command. Type ms-Cortana: and hit Enter Key. Now see if it makes Cortana search responsive by bringing it out. If yes, then immediately click on Start button to see if also responds. 

Sometimes a corrupted User Profile might cause this kind of behavior. Suggest you to check this issue by setting up another User Profile. This will give us the clue on the root cause of the issue. Follow below mentioned steps to setup new User Profile.

  1. Press CTRL+Shift+ESC to open Task Manager.

  2. Click File > Run New Task

  3. Make sure you have a check mark beside “Create this task with administrative privileges”

  4. Type CMD and hit Enter key. Type or copy/paste the following commands at the CMD prompt and hit Enter key:

net user test /add                            

  •  This command will create a new user account calledtest. 

net localgroup administrators test /add

  • On executing this command makes test account as administrator. In simple this will give administrator privileges to test account by adding it to administrators group.

Note: In the above command line, test is the name of the User Profile which we're creating. You can keep any name in the place of test that which you think your User Profile name should be.

Now logoff from the existing User Profile. When you're on the login screen, on the left bottom corner you can see the account which we have created. Now login with that account and try to convert that account as Microsoft account by navigating to Start/> Settings/>Accounts/>Your Account/> Sign with Microsoft account Instead. If you have Microsoft account try to use that by entering the credentials or else follow the steps to sign-up for new and switch with new Microsoft account.

Let us know how it went.

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I have the same issue.

Clicking on Windows menu does nothing.

Clicking on Cortana does nothing.

Right clicking on taskbar icons does nothing.

Clicking on Windows Defender settings icon also does nothing, except freeze the defender window.

Right clicking the desktop and selecting display settings does nothing.

14332.rs1_release.160422-1940 preview seriously broke my UI.

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Hi,

 

Thank you for your reply.

  1. Have you updated all the windows updates?

  2. Have you updated all the drivers?

I suggest you to refer the link below and check if it helps.

Troubleshoot problems opening the Start menu or Cortana.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/get-help-windows-start-menu

   

Keep us posted on this issue so that we can assist you better.

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This garbage is too much

Keep it simple.

Answer the question,  do not  use the system response. 

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