Learn how to activate Cortana in Windows 10, step by step, to be able to use the new assistant and artificial intelligence of this great operating system
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How to activate Cortana in Windows 10?
Cortana is an assistant and fabulous features of Windows 10, thus being a tool that helps the user with the system and programs, showing or giving the user what they ask for. Normally it is already active, however, to activate it in your Windows 10, in case it is not activated, you just have to perform the following steps:
- Log in to Microsoft, because it uses the information of the region or country where you live to adapt to your idiom or needs.
- You will go to the "start" icon and select the space that says "search for programs and files"
- In this space you will enter the name, that is, «Cortana».
- It should give you as the first result "Search and Cortana settings", if it does not appear first, it will be among the options to choose from.
- Already in Search Settings and Cortana, you can optimize the assistant in the way that best works for your team.
- You can enable the "cloud search" option, where you can allow Cortana to search for whatever you want on her server. It is recommended to do so, since it can speed up a search, however, if your system has low performance, do not activate it.
- You can allow it to enter your history, to have a content of what you like or what you use the most at hand and personalized just for you.
- You can activate the option "Talk to Cortana", this allows the user to request what they need by voice command through a microphone.
- After having activated or rejected, according to the needs of each user, it will ask you for full permission, you must press "of course" so that everything runs perfectly.
- Activate the option to wake up Cortana by voice at once, that is, by saying "Hello Cortana", she will wake up from hibernation.
- Ready! The installer is complete and perfect for use on the system.
How to activate Cortana if it is not optimized in your country?
In some small cases, Cortana is not available for some regions, because Microsoft has not established the necessary updates or parameters for those systems.
It should be essential that it is allowed for a language you speak, since this will make it easier for you to use it. You may see a message, "Cortana is not available to you", but that is not a depressing message, it is only an obstacle, to get the service you just have to do the following:
- You must switch to a country or region where the app is available. As a user, you must take into consideration that Cortana uses the regionalism or most used words of the country that you select, therefore, look for one that is similar.
- To change the country, go to the notification bar on the lower left side, which when you move the mouse should display different options or tools.
- You must use the option in the notification bar that says "Display all options", since there are options that are not fully displayed.
- There should be an option that says "Time and language", that is the one you must search for and enter.
- Already within the Time and language menu, one should appear that says "Region and language", if it is not in view, it is probably on the left side, in the middle.
- Once here, you should get different regions or countries, choose the one that best suits your need and accept it.
- Restart the computer and that's it! You should already have Cortana in the system.
- To activate it quickly, you can say "Hello Cortana" (if you chose the Spanish language) and it should respond, letting you understand that it is in use.
- In any case, do the first tips already explained, in case you need a complete activation, even if you have already changed region.
In this way, your system will already have Cortana and all its functions, no matter if your country can use it or not, there are no longer limits to what you need.
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