Can't do any Searches with Search feature in Windows 8.1

WCarp

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After a computer running Windows 8.1 was shut down buy turning off the power, I could no longer do any Searches using the OS feature. (The computer was shut down by turning off the power because the OS has a really bad feature of automatically waking up the computer or allowing it to be woke up and then blanking the monitor! Even high level Microsoft Support personnel cannot necessarily find the reason for the automatic wakeup and then because the monitor is blanked, there is no way to shut it down correctly.)

There were several problem caused by the abrupt shutdown and as far as I know I have fixed all of them using the sfc and dism commands--except for the inability to do any Searches. If I remember correctly, at entry of only one character in the Search box, the Search thing disappears and sometimes I get a momentary blank blue screen.

I have contacted Microsoft Support about this issue and the third level Support Engineer that was helping me does NOT respond, and neither does any emails to **REMOVED** get a response. (I get the definite impression that Microsoft doesn't really want to help after waiting for weeks to get help! I called Microsoft Support twice and both times I was disconnected later before anything was resolved!

How can I get the Search issue resolved?

Thanks
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64 bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built, Two
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100, AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
    Motherboard
    ASUS Sabertooth 990FX Rev 2
    Memory
    Mushkin 8GB, 997000 PC-12800
    Graphics Card(s)
    INVIDIA Quadro 600
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Hard Drives
    WD 1 T RE4 (x2) RAID 1, WD Velociraptor (x3) RAID 5
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling, Silencer 500W
    Mouse
    Cirque SmartCat
    Other Info
    Did have an Adaptec 2405 RAID card but because of BSODs coming out of Sleep Mode, it was replaced with a LSI 9271-4i RAID card which resolved the issue.
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