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[–] 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I just want to say I'm glad other people understand how ridiculous of a suggestion this is for fixing Windows problems. It has become such a low effort nonsensical approach because people don't truly understand what it does and it feels like doing something. It's the new 'have you tried turning it off and on again.' dism and sfc. Then when someone mentions how absurd the thinking is that this fixes anything but a small negligible fraction of issues, someone always chimes in how there was this one time where it worked for them. Perpetuating this low effort, almost useless approach to troubleshooting. I've fixed more issues with BIOS updates than I have with either of those tools.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    my first go to for fixing every issue I have with a windows component

    1. sfc /scannow
    2. dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

    the amount of time that last command has fixed a core issue with the system is shocking but god that command takes forever

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I've just reinstalled windows every few years to deal with the unfixable issues

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Having gotten used to Linux, this comes across as such a bizarre concept.

    Like hearing that someone demolishes and rebuilds their house every few years because it's such a shitty house that it keeps developing issues that can't be fixed any other way.

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