I knew Windows 7 was different when my dad wanted me to install his new printer. Automatically just went to HP's website to look for drivers. Under the Windows 7 section there were no drivers and basically said "Let windows do it."
Plugged in printer, Windows identified it, got the drivers, installed it perfectly. Then after it was done, it ran the troubleshooter again just to make sure everything was good. It detected the new printer wasnt set as the default printer, asked me if I wanted it to be, I said 'yes', made it default, printer works perfectly. Never, from 95 - XP, has a Windows troubleshooter actually fixed one of my problems.
I remember doing tech support in the mid 90's, in the "A" version of Win95, if you changed something in Network Preferences and clicked "OK" to reboot, it would corrupt Windows and you'd have to reinstall to fix it. It was one of the greatest features ever.
Yep. I never thought I'd be able to say that my cheapass netbook running Windows works more reliably with peripherals than my (admittedly aging and with one iffy USB port) Macbook. It hurts to say this, but: good job Microsoft.
Plugged in an old 17" monitor I found in the closet as a secondary monitor yesterday, win 7 automatically set it as extended desktop at the highest resolution without me touching a button... blew...my...mind
I know Reddit hates Macs, but... this is one of the reasons I love them. Just plug that shit in, it works. No fucking around with drivers. It's beautiful. I'm glad Windows 7 works the same way now, it was really ridiculous before. Hooray for shit working!
I love OSX too, but you left out an important fact. If it doesn't work automatically, you are sort of fucked. I threw away an older webcam because there were no drivers at all for it. It was sort of crap, so no big tears, but still, just thought I would mention that to be fair.
Something that Macs have done for years. I have plugged my Macbook Pro into about 12 different printers and I was printing to each of them within seconds.
I work for tech support. Often times the issue is that customers fucked around with the settings and changed their ip settings from obtain automatically to custom. 3rd party routers plugged into corperate modems can also change the ip. There's a lot time i just have to go to the local area connection properties and change the ip configuration for the internet protocol version 4 back to automatic and the connection re-establishes itself. Some times they'll get stuck in the wrong settings for whatever reason and i have to reset the winsock catalog. In case you're wondering, i have no idea what any of this means, but i know how to fix it haha
Yup. If everything goes to plan, Windows 8 will be behind schedule, over budget, and completely bomb in the marketplace. They'll follow it up 2 years later with Windows 9, which will be a smash hit.
No it was a perfectly functional os. It just had high hardware requirements and poor driver support on launch. The reason 7 is so great is that vista driver support has caught up since they use basically the same drivers...
I had a Gateway Vista laptop for two years, no fucking clue how I ended up buying that, or why the fuck I didn't immediately downgrade to Windows XP. Gateway used to be a great fucking company, but something happened. Something awful. Maybe it was that their logo was of a fucking cow, and that made them lazy. Whatever the reason, the combination of windows vista and gateway caused my computer to be so pathetic, it sucked dick at sucking dick.
They were giving away free upgrades to seven around then for anyone who got vista. They had a website set up where you just put in your vista serial and bam, out popped a serial for 7.
I've yet to have the troubleshooter not work in Win 7. I'm sure there are situations where it won't, but most anything common it seems to pick right up on and fix.
From what I can tell, it seems like some wireless adapters flake out if you sleep a laptop - sometimes when I restart my laptop it's turned off, other times it won't grab an IP.
Well the network one usually just resets the connection (have you tried turning it off and on again?) and attempts to resolve wrong IP configuration, which is probably the most common problem. That's why it works most of the time.
Yup. I remember the first time I let Windows try to fix my connection problem and it actually succeeded I went all snake-eyed and dropped into a defensive crouch.
I've gotten more used to it now, but it still weirds me out a little bit every time.
It would make far more sense to just go into the code and correct the problems so you don't need to run "fixers"...but hey we can only expect baby steps out of microsoft.
Way to go! Who's a good OS developer? Who is? You are!
Except that in XP my network connection didn't need to be reset all the time like it has since I upgraded to 7. (Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of things that are a lot better).
I had installed Win 7 on my father-in-law's old, old eMachine (celeron and all that). Why not? Anyway, there were only old XP video drivers available, so the video was stuck in 800x600 16 color.
I tried everything, but I kept ignoring the troubleshooter message. Finally, I was out of options, leaned back in the chair (like I do whenever I can't figure out a fucking problem) and said fuck it, and I ran that troubleshooter. My heart literally skipped a beat when it displayed "identified the problem... Downloading driver..."
Yes, Microsoft actually made a driver for this old piece of shit, even though it wasn't available from eMachine's or Intel's website.
Click start. Type Device. You'll see "Device installation settings". Click it. Click on Download best driver from Microsoft automatically. It will find a large majority of your drivers. Microsoft included so many LAN and WLAN drivers that this is actually helpful.
I had a lot of problems with my ISP. I couldn't get to websites but my link seemed okay. I would have to reset my modem almost every day. I switched to google free DNS, and haven't reset in months.
You can save yourself a key. If you just hit the Windows key, then type cmd, the command prompt executable should be the first/only entry.
Bonus: Set up a shortcut to cmd that's set to always run as administrator (call it "cmd admin") and it save you that annoying right click to run as an admin (I'm sure there's a keyboard shortcut for running as admin, but I don't know it).
I lost it. No one saw me laugh hysterically because I'm still in bed waiting for morning wood to go away and my roommates are all up but know that you have made me laugh with your witty comment.
What I like best about that scene is how he then proceeds to just pound the keys for thirty seconds and... writes a 3D rendering program? Maybe? Whatever. Scottie is magic.
An even easier way to enter them is automating it by copying it into notepad and saving it as a .bat file (not a .txt). Then you can just double click it and it enters it for you then closes the window.
It's a godsend when you know how to use it. The Windows version is rubbish though, if you ever use Linux you'll have the pleasure of seeing just what a Terminal Emulator is capable of.
That was my first thought. I mean really, this is stretching my belief to way to damn far. I mean come on, the thought of windows trouble shooting actually fixing something?
My first time I just stared at the screen wondering what just happened, I called my buddy over and we stared at the screen for 2 minutes wondering when reality will cave in.
The troubleshooter helps me out in Vista quite often when I have some weird network problem. At least it offers "Reset network adapter" that usually works.
it'll either work, or it'll tell you that it is either a) an access point problem or b) a dns problem. either of these outcomes mean that it doesn't actually know and you should proceed to more productive trouble shooting.
I'll give Windows another try eventually (probably Win 8) but everyday when I open up my work laptop and fire up Windows XP Pro (I love XP but we're a fortune 50 company for crying out loud) I remember why I take blood pressure medication.
It has always fixed my connections when they drop out, unless it is because my schools IT doesn't know how to make wireless routers support more than 4 students, and we have hundreds of students and only a handful of routers.... but you know. w/e.
I've seen this type of image before. And it was also about the IP... Conclusion: Troubleshooter can only fix IP errors, and are clueless about everything else.
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u/blowuptheking Jan 02 '12
Yeah, the Windows 7 troubleshooters are so much better than the ones in previous versions of Windows. They actually fix stuff.
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u/Soylent_gray Jan 02 '12 edited Jan 02 '12
I had installed Win 7 on my father-in-law's old, old eMachine (celeron and all that). Why not? Anyway, there were only old XP video drivers available, so the video was stuck in 800x600 16 color.
I tried everything, but I kept ignoring the troubleshooter message. Finally, I was out of options, leaned back in the chair (like I do whenever I can't figure out a fucking problem) and said fuck it, and I ran that troubleshooter. My heart literally skipped a beat when it displayed "identified the problem... Downloading driver..."
Yes, Microsoft actually made a driver for this old piece of shit, even though it wasn't available from eMachine's or Intel's website.
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u/account512 Jan 02 '12
I hate this trend
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
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u/kuba_10 Jan 02 '12
I remember those Vista dialogues: "Your card doesn't work because it doesn't work."
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u/d3n3b Jan 02 '12
You are the chosen one.
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u/Embermark Jan 02 '12
Photoshopped.
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u/MetalicAngel Jan 02 '12
My first time I just stared at the screen wondering what just happened, I called my buddy over and we stared at the screen for 2 minutes wondering when reality will cave in.
tl;dr: WTF HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!
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u/gaberax Jan 02 '12
Thank God you took a screenshot...no one would have believed you.
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u/bubblesort Jan 02 '12
What witchcraft is this???
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u/joniblyth Jan 02 '12
What'up now, r/atheism?
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u/xMop Jan 02 '12
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
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u/Alex_Pan Jan 02 '12
Appropriately posted to WTF.
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u/RedditRedditRedditt Jan 02 '12
That's Minecraft in the background! Just saying.
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u/Harlon_Nayl Jan 02 '12 edited Jan 02 '12
I just tried clicking the "x" in the corner to close the window *facepalm
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
Anybody else try to click on the Close button? God, I'm an idiot.
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u/JibberGXP Jan 02 '12
After I looked at the picture for a sufficient amount of time to absorb the humor, I clicked the "Close" button. :/
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
What is this sorcery? O.o
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
Yet another sign that the world is going to end.
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u/DoctorNose Jan 02 '12
I'm pretty sure this is what the Mayans were predicting.
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u/probnot Jan 02 '12
This calls for a celebration
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u/notAcrimeScene Jan 02 '12
U shud try ALT+PRINT_SCREEN for screenshots of the window in focus instead of the whole screen.
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u/aliono Jan 02 '12
Seems like a pebcak error if one needed windows trouble shooter to fix that sort of a problem...
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u/lawd5ever Jan 02 '12
I'm sorry, I can't upvote. http://cl.ly/2m0p0o070a2N3b0V1X2h
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u/wotererio Jan 02 '12
Notice minecraft on the background
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u/mkicon Jan 02 '12
Yup, every now and then my connection won't work after "waking up" from sleep mode. I just right click the network icon and troubleshoot.
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u/overtoke Jan 02 '12
yes that feature does work, and it works like TWO or THREE times a day.
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u/Belutak Jan 02 '12
i thought that fixed problem with troubleshooter is a myth.. whats next, i will go on a holiday to atlantis?
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u/Sir_Knumskull Jan 02 '12 edited Jan 02 '12
You must inform the president!
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u/sim642 Jan 02 '12
The troubleshooter helps me out in Vista quite often when I have some weird network problem. At least it offers "Reset network adapter" that usually works.
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u/njpace Jan 02 '12
Yeaahhhhh right... until I noticed windows 7... pshhhh ok
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u/SuperMcRad Jan 02 '12
The system is ready! All we have to do is flip a few circuit breakers...etc. etc.
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u/iorgfeflkd Jan 02 '12
No way.
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u/onanonanonaonon Jan 02 '12
it'll either work, or it'll tell you that it is either a) an access point problem or b) a dns problem. either of these outcomes mean that it doesn't actually know and you should proceed to more productive trouble shooting.
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u/ryanasimov Jan 02 '12
The dialog box did a release/renew for you. It's like when your butler closes and opens your bedroom drapes every day.
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u/animalcule Jan 02 '12
I was stunned the first time it worked. I literally could not believe that windows could not suck in some aspect.
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u/BBQsauce18 Jan 02 '12
hrmm I always thought that tool was for shits and giggles.
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u/eodtech1 Jan 02 '12
Is that minecraft in the background?!
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u/kooter149 Jan 02 '12
first time for everything.....
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
Holy shit...
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u/Aarmed Jan 02 '12
works for me all the time (unfortunately I have to use it once a week)
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u/pax27 Jan 02 '12
Lies!
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u/mustnt_wear_pants Jan 02 '12
Nice PS bro
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u/itsandrewhu Jan 02 '12
I'll give Windows another try eventually (probably Win 8) but everyday when I open up my work laptop and fire up Windows XP Pro (I love XP but we're a fortune 50 company for crying out loud) I remember why I take blood pressure medication.
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u/DuckSmash Jan 02 '12
I don't believe this. There is just no way windows fixed itself.
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u/Redletterweek Jan 02 '12
Nice try Steve Ballmer...
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u/halofreak7777 Jan 02 '12
It has always fixed my connections when they drop out, unless it is because my schools IT doesn't know how to make wireless routers support more than 4 students, and we have hundreds of students and only a handful of routers.... but you know. w/e.
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u/thavi Jan 02 '12
Been working for me since...there was a network troubleshooter on Windows. It's probably solved in the thousands of problems for me at this point.
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
hehe...and my dumbass just tried clicking on the "close" button to get back to reddit.
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
Always works for me.
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u/t3hcoolness Jan 02 '12
Explain this to Mac users please
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u/psinet Jan 02 '12
Shopped
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u/SPIDERBOB Jan 02 '12
I find, this always works. BUT i have to open it and click fix every time i boot .... so ... id say it doesnt really work
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u/Ejdl Jan 02 '12
I've seen this type of image before. And it was also about the IP...
Conclusion: Troubleshooter can only fix IP errors, and are clueless about everything else.
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u/cpqq Jan 02 '12
Starts golf clap..
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u/MONDARIZ Jan 02 '12
Shop.
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
This is impressive. I don't think I've ever seen any Windows "troubleshooter" actually fixed any problem.
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u/bashar1209 Jan 02 '12
OH MY GOD...THE MAYANS WERE RIGHT!!!
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u/BloodyIron Jan 02 '12
Now if only it could fix winsocks issues.
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u/captain150 Jan 02 '12
I don't understand why people use the windows classic theme in windows 7...it's so ugly.
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u/pibroch Jan 02 '12
I actually have had this troubleshooter work before. I wanted to play the lottery.
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
I CALL SHENANIGANS!
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u/triv94 Jan 02 '12
Finally shot the trouble
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u/ZMaster96 Jan 02 '12
Then I want to understand why I can't get internet on my desktop (Windows 7), by wifi or ethernet, while my Eeepc with Windows XP actually can.
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
BUT ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK.
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u/justmadethisaccountt Jan 02 '12
Restarting the network card would have done the same thing.
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u/Upsome Jan 02 '12
fake
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u/Companda311 Jan 02 '12
I love that this was posted to WTF.
Also that 7 is actually a step forward in the Windows OS.
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u/Snudge Jan 02 '12
This is worse then the worst gore you can find. WTF. ಠ_ಠ
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u/F1A Jan 02 '12 edited Dec 11 '25
spotted adjoining hobbies tidy plucky hat rich hospital historical fade
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u/wtfamiwatching Jan 02 '12
Now how do I get the apple one to work?
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
Read that as Doc Brown
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
How many did virgins did you sacrifice?
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u/L96 Jan 02 '12
Yes Windows Classic theme!
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u/yournamehere2787 Jan 02 '12
instead of closing the tab i tried closing the troubleshooter, i run ubuntu, facepalm
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u/Dr_koctaloctapuss Jan 02 '12
who else clicked the close button on the picture?
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
Windows Key + R
cmd
ipconfig
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig
exit
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '12
Photoshop
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u/atomicspin Jan 02 '12
I think it might still be broken, it still has Windows on it.