When I search for files on my machine Cortana always goes to the web and never my machine. It has a header that says to turn indexing back on in blue but it does nothing. How can I get Cortana to...

I have my monitor set to sleep after 10 minutes but it goes to sleep after only 5 mins. Why won't it follow the sleep settings? I have also tried 20 minutes without luck. All Win 10 updates are...

Also Windows search service has failed to create the new search index
Failed to find gather Application: Windows
Windows Search service terminated wit the following error: The system cannot find...

I found that my screen off issue was caused by my CH Products game controllers. When I unplug them all works as I set them to.

Is anyone else experiencing windows not turning off their screen as scheduled? If so is there a fix to get it to turn off as scheduled?

Thanks for the reply, worked like a charm.

My problem is that I cant set a restore point as Windows says some files are missing. So when I try and reset Windows it says it can't find the reset environment. What are my options?

Since going to Win 10 I have the same problem and have traced it back to my game controllers which are plugged into a USB hub. When I unplug the hub from the computer the screen saver and screen off...

Nice Hub. Thanks for sharing.

You are most likely right I will start removing them one at a time and see who the culprit is. At present I have five items plugged in to the hub plus one more hub. Thanks for the idea.

I've been working on this for a couple of weeks now. I set my screen to turn off after ten minutes but it doesn't shut off. Today I read somewhere that it could be because I have a USB hub plugged...

Thank you. Got it.

Title says it all. I've never needed one before as far as I know until I installed Windows 10 however.

Anyone have a fix to get the screensaver to work or the very least to get the screen to turn off. I have the screen saver set to 4 minutes of inactivity and The screen to turn off after 10 minutes of...

I think it is time to look into Linux.

Thanks for the info. I do remember it being like that in Win 7. Thanks again.

That just seems weird. Why no Normal startup?

I can't get my PC to do a normal start up. When I select normal start up in MSCONFIG and hit apply and boot it reverts to Selective start up. However everything appears to be working normally. I'm...

Msconfig would only give me the choice same as when I booted, Windows 7 and Windows 7 recovered. I was also trying to reload Windows 10 and got the error that my HDD was locked. I read that I had to...

Since upgrading to Win 10 anytime that I reboot my machine I get a screen where I have so many seconds to accept either Windows 7 or Windows 7 recovered. I let the timer run down or I hit enter which...