Yeah, basically that. I’m back at work in Windows land on a Monday morning, and pondering what sadist at Microsoft included these features. It’s not hyperbole to say that the startup repair, and the troubleshooters in settings, have never fixed an issue I’ve encountered with Windows. Not even once. Is this typical?

ETA: I’ve learned from reading the responses that the Windows troubleshooters primarily look for missing or broken drivers, and sometimes fix things just by restarting a service, so they’re useful if you have troublesome hardware.

  • @andrewta
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    71 year ago

    No. That was meant as a statement of I’ve been using windows for that long and since the beginning of Windows (and when ever they introduced the trouble shooter) it’s never worked

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      11 year ago

      Everybody always forgets about Windows 1.0 through 3.1 .

      • @AnUnusualRelic
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        21 year ago

        I had a 286 machine that came with windows 2. It felt more like a tech demo than something you’d actually use.

        Also there was no auto fixer that I can remember.

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          01 year ago

          Yeah, it was a mess until 3.0, and the networking support in 3.11 is what led to widespread adoption.

          • @AnUnusualRelic
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            -11 year ago

            Coincidentally, 3.11 is when I dropped windows for Linux,