Anyone ever had the Windows 7 'automatic troubleshooter' actually fix anything?

[Nebbers]

Sometimes I'll let it try just for the hell of it, not once has it ever said anything but 'Sorry bro, we don't know wtf the problem is'

 

[Crono]

Nope.

It appeared to fix something one time, but it didn't actually.

 

[Red Squirrel]

these auto tools are usually just there to make people talk. Or they are perhaps decoys for MS support. "try the troubleshooter and call back". Great for when a customer calls at 4:55.

It's like the driver finding utility. I have never, ever ever ever seen that actually find the driver and download it. It always says "windows was unable to locate a driver" blah blah. Why even bother with the online option if it never works?

 

[TallBill]

these auto tools are usually just there to make people talk. Or they are perhaps decoys for MS support. "try the troubleshooter and call back". Great for when a customer calls at 4:55.

It's like the driver finding utility. I have never, ever ever ever seen that actually find the driver and download it. It always says "windows was unable to locate a driver" blah blah. Why even bother with the online option if it never works?

I've had the driver download work

 

[lxskllr]

The help is unhelpful too. All of Windows (semi)automated tools are worthless. MS should kick money over to Google for running tech support for their products. Google's been infinitely more helpful than MS has.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Yes

 

[Nebbers]

 

[TecHNooB]

it fixes the router issues I have on occasion.

 

[sandorski]

Nope. Wish I knew how to turn it off.

 

[coldmeat]

I'm not sure what it is. Is it the little window that pops up to tell me that a program didn't install correctly every single time I install a new one?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

these auto tools are usually just there to make people talk. Or they are perhaps decoys for MS support. "try the troubleshooter and call back". Great for when a customer calls at 4:55.

It's like the driver finding utility. I have never, ever ever ever seen that actually find the driver and download it. It always says "windows was unable to locate a driver" blah blah. Why even bother with the online option if it never works?

I just "yielded to the dark side" and upgraded from XP Pro 32x to Win 7 Ultimate 64x. I was pleasantly surprised when during installation, it found the latest drivers for my Creative sound card and my HD 5770. I take back 10% of all the bad things I've said about MS.

 

[Nebbers]

Overall, Windows 7 is pretty great. Other than this thing.

 

[Exterous]

I've had the driver download work

Me too - although it is usually with a very outdated driver

 

[Wanescotting]

no

 

[Dominato3r]

Their Network Troubleshooter/Repair has fixed connection issues for me a lot of times.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

I've had the driver download work

It seems to find printer drivers pretty well.

 

[Dominato3r]

it fixes the router issues I have on occasion.

This

 

[Ichinisan]

My HTPC and my mother's both started having a new problem recently: When waking up from sleep, HDMI audio doesn't work. The speaker icon shows a red "X" on it. When I click once to try and view the volume level, the troubleshooter starts automatically. It never, ever does anything. If I right-click the speaker icon and click "Playback devices," the dialog appears and I see the HDMI device immediately switch from inactive (grey) to active...and audio suddenly works again. Her system has an NVIDIA card and mine is an AMD Hudson APU. It must have been caused by a Windows update, or it's a very strange coincidence.

 

[zokudu]

Network troubleshooter is pretty awesome. Everything else hasn't done shit for me.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

"modem driver not found. do you want to check the internet for a driver?"
can't find the pic. you know the one i mean.

that accurately describes my experiences with windows in any version. don't even click on "help"...the same or similar help box for everything, and always useless. "send an error report"...bog the computer down even more for an error report that won't be sent half of the time, nobody will ever read, and the fix for your problem sure as hell is not coming.

of course there are alternatives:
i could use linux, if i were a software engineer and despised human interaction.

i could use osx, if i wanted to give up video games and stare at a permanent pinwheel of death. instead of no answer, i could have some clown tell me it's somehow my fault.

i could use my phone, if i wanted everything the size of a postage stamp while mashing 9 buttons at once with my monstrous thumbs.

 

[PsiStar]

Definitely once and maybe twice the auto trouble shooter did fix some thing. Although the real fix required a re-install of W7.

 

[bignateyk]

LOL. Has anyone had ANY version of windows automatic troubleshooter fix anything?

 

[Fritzo]

It actually works for fixing DHCP problems.

 

[Arcadio]

It fixes basic network problems. Oh, and the driver support is not perfect, but it's way better than in earlier versions of Windows.

 

[GotIssues]

The only problem I've had is that my video card drivers randomly stop responding (or so it says). It has never had anything productive to say to fix that. I just ignore it because it doesn't actually cause problems, the monitor just goes blank for a second and comes back, so whatever.

Yes, my video card drivers are up to date.