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All of a sudden today, when I put my cursor in the box on the task bar that says type here to search to the right of the MS icon, the box turns totally black and I'm not able to enter anything. WHat is wrong and will this self correct? If not, how do i fix it? I don't want to turn off my laptop. It might start unwanted updates AND yesterday the cursor was frozen with the screen and i unplugged the power and just waited until it moved.
First question is what is more important right now. I have no other devices to access the internet. Thank you
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Run the Start menu troubleshooter:
If that does not work:
Press Windows key + X
Click Task Manager
Select the Processes tab
Scroll down to Windows Explorer then select it
Click Restart
If that does not work:
uninstall your display driver:
Press Windows key + X
Click Device Manager
Expand Display adapters
Right click the current display adapter
Click Uninstall
Exit Device Manager
Restart
Run the Start menu troubleshooter:
If that does not work:
Press Windows key + X
Click Task Manager
Select the Processes tab
Scroll down to Windows Explorer then select it
Click Restart
If that does not work:
uninstall your display driver:
Press Windows key + X
Click Device Manager
Expand Display adapters
Right click the current display adapter
Click Uninstall
Exit Device Manager
Restart
I went into the task manager and ended Cortana and that solved it . Thank you for your answer. Next time I'll look more on my own before coming here. :)
Glad to know that helped.
