Issue resolved. Following the instructions from a old post Windows Spotlight won't stop - Windows 10 Forums

The fix is as followed.
"I don't know if any of you fixed this but I have a solution...

Hello, Thanks for your reply i have completed the steps above but my issue still persists. On all other windows 10 machines all i needed to do to change the sign-in background was to select the...

Hello, I received a new laptop and do as i usually do and do a clean install of windows 10 pro. Everything is running well but when i attempt to set the lock screen background image there seems to be...

Hello so this problem has been plaguing me since windows 8.1 I just assumed it was the OS and would be fixed with the upgrade to windows 10, I was wrong.

It usually starts as my PC is very slow...