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Has Windows startup repair or a troubleshooter ever fixed your issue even once? (midwest.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[โ€“] 5 points 2 years ago

I think that back in the day I used the startup repair to restore a broken MBR.

But generally no, and I don't believe that the purpose of the tools are to repair anything, as much as it is to give a remote support tech some time to google the issue, while the wizard is running a lot of NOPs. Thus giving the customer a feeling that something is being done, while really just being on hold.

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