Question about Windows Network Diagnostics

[El Presidente]

 

In your personal experience, has clicking the Windows "Troubleshooting"  function ever come up with  a solution to your problem?

........25 years and I am still yet to see a solution to anything 

 

[LLC]

Never. It’s probably just collecting all your personal data while you wait for it to fail resolving anything.


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[grizzlee]

While I am no longer with the "evil empire", I did work for MSFT for 20 years. Success rate on the Desktop Troubleshooter is and has been about as large as a demi-tasse. 

[mrmessy]

For those that don't know how to restart services, it's ok. Sometimes restarting the network interfaces helps... sometimes....

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[teewinot]

Reboot and cross fingers

[cfc1016]

I found the solution to all my windows woes 10 years ago. Never looked back...

[pdxcigarguy]

45 minutes ago, cfc1016 said:

I found the solution to all my windows woes 10 years ago. Never looked back...

Ubuntu?

[cfc1016]

yup. pair that with 8gb of ram and an ssd, and you're golden. i'm using the same laptop i've had for 5 years, and it's still a very capable machine. corei520 with 8gb ram, ssd, ubuntu. Reboot (with encrypted drive) takes ~30 seconds. The slowest part is me entering my passwords.

Everything just works.

[cigcars]

7 hours ago, El Presidente said:

 

In your personal experience, has clicking the Windows "Troubleshooting"  function ever come up with  a solution to your problem?

 

           NO 

         

 

[BrightonCorgi]

Microsoft helps puts food on my table, so I am not going to disparage their products.  Google is more helpful than a built-in dialogue box.  Event Viewer should give you additional clues on the issue you experienced.

[Alexw33]

3 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Microsoft helps puts food on my table, so I am not going to disparage their products.  Google is more helpful than a built-in dialogue box.  Event Viewer should give you additional clues on the issue you experienced.

That’s a very eloquent way of saying no 

[luv2fly]

No, that is why we are a Mac family.

[PapaDisco]

I've lost years of my life doing the worthless restart/reboot.  Followed closely by re-installing.  Never to have solved anything (although some of y'all who leave your machines on indefinitely could do with a weekly cycling of the 'on/off' switch!  )

While not perfect, I've enjoyed the most utility out of the Apple help desk, once we made the switch.  First year is free and you can add years of coverage for not much $$.  You get a real person live on the phone with no wait and they actually have solutions beyond the reboot.

[oliverdst]

the looping thread.

[BrightonCorgi]

On 5/18/2018 at 12:03 PM, luv2fly said:

No, that is why we are a Mac family.

Macs have their own technical challenges and are hardly perfect or without issue.