[hsmomx3]

All I did was:

Go to Windows Setting Icon (I have this on my taskbar and it’s the round looking icon.
Once you have clicked, you will see various headings such as updates, security, Cortana and others.
Click on Cortana
Turn on or off the items you see displayed.
Also review headings on left side such as Permissions, etc. and choose on/off.

I hope this helps.

That’s all I did.

[newfreep]

Thanks for the reply.

Here's my "Settings" page but under "Cortana", only "Language" is shown as an option. It seems your "Settings" is different from mine.

Oh well...technology marches on...

[Windflier]

I followed your instruct and my task manager now shows Cortana at 0% CPU usage.

I’ll have to see if it holds, or if Windows 10 automatically resets it to factory default.

Much appreciated!

My laptop is brand new, and it’s already crashing a hundred times a day. This only started after the 28 August 2019 MS update.

[newfreep]

Thanks y’all for your suggestions.

I noticed the Cortana icon was turned off on my taskbar. Once I turned it on, the Settings page expanded to offer more choices.

I also edited the register to correct the problem of recent MS update KB4512941. So now Cortana is using very little memory.

“Technology is great...when it works” - newfreep

Thanks again!