Spotlight and Find not working

Hi everyone
Apologies if I'm covering old ground here.
I don't use either Spotlight or Find very often, but discovered recently that neither now works. From other posts, I think this may have started when I installed the 4.11 software update. There are no new software updates available (ie I have already got the most recent Security Update, which seems to have helped in some other similar cases).
Spotlight just doesn't find anything. Finder's cog-symbol-thing spins for as long as I let it, with no result.
I have tried trashing the spotlight.plist file, and quitting the SystemUIServer process from within Activity Monitor. I have also rebuilt the disc using Disk Warrior. None of this helped.
I tried dragging the hard disc to the Privacy pane of Spotlight to force it to re-index, but nothing can be dragged to the Privacy pane.
All suggestions gratefully received.
Thanks, Peter

Thanks to everyone for their comments. There seem to be quite a few other threads detailing a variety of problems with Spotlight, but as yet I haven't found anything that helps.
Brief confusing addition: I just installed the recent iTunes update 7.6.1, and afterwards ran fsck just to see if everything was ok/no worse. When I rebooted, the little Spotlight icon at the top right had a pulsing white dot in the "magnifying lens". When I clicked on it, I got a drop down menu telling me that Spotlight was busy indexing, including a time bar that was apparently estimating how long this would take. Then it stopped, and all is exactly as it was previously, ie not working.
It could have been worse, I suppose - others seem to have got stuck in "permanently indexing" mode. I wish Apple would address this problem, but I'm not holding my breath - so any further ideas would be very welcome.
Thanks, Peter

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10/30/14 11:52:02.382 PM AppleSpell[458]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
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10/31/14 9:00:37.168 PM gkbisd[29703]: sandbox_init: com.apple.gkbisd: profile not found
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10/31/14 9:00:47.178 PM gkbisd[29704]: sandbox_init: com.apple.gkbisd: profile not found
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10/31/14 9:00:57.185 PM gkbisd[29705]: sandbox_init: com.apple.gkbisd: profile not found
10/31/14 9:00:57.186 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd[29705]) Service exited with abnormal code: 71
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10/31/14 9:01:07.194 PM gkbisd[29706]: sandbox_init: com.apple.gkbisd: profile not found
10/31/14 9:01:07.194 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd[29706]) Service exited with abnormal code: 71
10/31/14 9:01:07.194 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
10/31/14 9:10:07.630 PM gkbisd[29772]: sandbox_init: com.apple.gkbisd: profile not found
10/31/14 9:10:07.631 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd[29772]) Service exited with abnormal code: 71
10/31/14 9:10:07.631 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
10/31/14 9:10:17.637 PM gkbisd[29773]: sandbox_init: com.apple.gkbisd: profile not found
10/31/14 9:10:17.637 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd[29773]) Service exited with abnormal code: 71
10/31/14 9:10:17.637 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
10/31/14 9:10:27.645 PM gkbisd[29774]: sandbox_init: com.apple.gkbisd: profile not found
10/31/14 9:10:27.645 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd[29774]) Service exited with abnormal code: 71
10/31/14 9:10:27.645 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
10/31/14 9:10:37.652 PM gkbisd[29775]: sandbox_init: com.apple.gkbisd: profile not found
10/31/14 9:10:37.653 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd[29775]) Service exited with abnormal code: 71
10/31/14 9:10:37.653 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
10/31/14 9:10:47.659 PM gkbisd[29776]: sandbox_init: com.apple.gkbisd: profile not found
10/31/14 9:10:47.660 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.gkbisd[29776]) Service exited with abnormal code: 71
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This has not worked since day 1 and I have been using wired internet.
I really need to setup a home network and need to use wireless.
Research on the net has led me to belive I should have HP WIRELESS ASSISTANT on my machine... is that correct?
Everytime I try to download it is seem to be for a notepad... mine is a touchsmart desktop...
Please advise

Hi coffee12345,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I have read your post on your wireless keyboard and mouse not working with your desktop, and I would be happy to help you! To begin, I need to ask you a few introductory questions:
What is the Product and Model Number of your desktop?
What version of Windows are you using?
Is this a recent issue, or has it been like this since day one?
Are you using a USB hub to connect your peripherals or is it directly plugged into the computer?
Please re-post with the necessary information, and I look forward to your reply!
Regards
MechPilot
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Since I downloaded the upgraded software, my charger that came with my phone says "this cable or accessory is not certified and may not work reliably with this iphone" It worked before but now it doesn't...I don't think I should have to buy a new one...

since I upgraded to the new operating system my charger no longer works...
It says"this cable or accessory is not certified and may not work reliably with this iPhone"

Try checking your cable socket/lightning cable for dirt, grime, pocket lint, etc. I could not find the solution to this issue myself and after much searching I found someone stating that cleaning this out helped them immensely.
After taking a wooden toothpick (making sure the phone was OFF first) and gently clearing out the edges and inside of the lightning socket this went away.) It is worth noting that I had a significant amount of dust or lint buildup along the edge rails which I think was causing the iphone to believe it was plugged into something when it was not.
Try it and see, ensure you are very careful and do not use any conductive tools to clean the area in question. Compressed air also does wonders here.

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