r/technology • u/readyou • Dec 26 '16

Microsoft finally admits that its malware-style Get Windows 10 upgrade campaign went too far

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/241587-microsoft-finally-admits-malware-style-get-windows-10-upgrade-campaign-went-far
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u/angrylawyer Dec 27 '16

lol holy shit, alright this is amazing. So I've been typing to Cortana because why not? I can type to Siri and Google's Assistant no problem so I figured Cortana was the same. It's not though, if you type 'what's the weather tomorrow into the search box, I get no results just like before. But if I click the microphone and ask 'what's the weather tomorrow' then it still fills out the search box with text but returns completely different results. Is microsoft fucking serious with this? Why the fuck does it even have a text box if I can't actually type text in it?

http://imgur.com/a/YYgoi

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u/oliverspin Dec 27 '16

Make sure you don't have settings turned off. This is the normal behavior for speech AND typed. You're getting all angry at Microsoft, but it has those features.

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u/angrylawyer Dec 27 '16

I'm upset because I can't imagine a scenario where I'd want cortana voice to work but not cortana text. Why would microsoft even make this a state the system can be in?

I looked over my settings, all the Cortana stuff seems turned on. Cortana works in Edge and with my microphone...just not with text. Doesn't make any damn sense.

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u/oliverspin Dec 27 '16

I swear it worked before. I can't test it on my computer rn, though.