# What is ActionUri OOP Server? (Windows 10)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-actionuri-oop-server-windows-10/730274>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 7, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-actionuri-oop-server-windows-10/730274 "2015-09-07T19:58:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-actionuri-oop-server-windows-10/730274/1 "2015-09-07T19:58:24Z")

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What is ActionUri OOP Server?

Since I updated to Windows 10, I occasionally have noticeable slowing down. When I bring up the Task Manager, I find at least one copy, and sometimes several copies, of “ActionUri OOP Server” running, and using system resources. If I kill them, the system noticeably improves, but it comes back again after a while (not right away, but eventually).

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-actionuri-oop-server-windows-10/730274/2 "2015-09-07T21:02:41Z")

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Part of Cortana, apparently. Do you still have it turned on?

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-actionuri-oop-server-windows-10/730274/3 "2015-09-07T22:40:01Z")

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I found that Windows 10 speeds up considerably when I tell it I’m on a “metered connection” in the networking section. That is, I tell it that I have a data cap, so it gets much less profligate in wasting my available bandwidth for its own nefarious purposes. I’m lying to it, but it works.

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-actionuri-oop-server-windows-10/730274/4 "2015-09-07T23:28:01Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Part of Cortana, apparently. Do you still have it turned on?

Yeah, I do. I guess I could turn it off, I hardly ever use it, and I have Google on my phone to look stuff up for me.

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-actionuri-oop-server-windows-10/730274/5 "2015-09-07T23:33:07Z")

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So how do I turn Cortana off?

I looked up the procedure online and got this:

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> ```
> Cortana is on now. Use the search icon in the lower-left corner of your desktop to type a question for her. Or hit the microphone icon and talk to her. (You'll need a mic to talk.)
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> To switch off Cortana, click the Search bar on your desktop, and then click the icon in the upper left to get to Settings.
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> To switch Cortana back on, go to Settings.
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> ```

What Search bar on my desktop?