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Julian:
I use it because in pro benefits you have easy access to stuff.

Moondoggy:

--- Quote from: Willy2 on August 30, 2015, 06:23:01 am ---- The name itself already gives a clue. Windows REPAIR !!!
- If you suspect something is wrong then run run it. Or if you have removed malware. Malware tends to change (A LOT OF) things. No need to run it more often.
- I also would recommend installing Tweaking's Registry Backup. It makes a copy of the registry upon start up. Can save A LOT OF hassle !!!

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Here's where I'm coming from.....

From the time I built my PC with Windows 7 Pro I never had a virus, never had any malware, I use a top tier AV product and I ran CCleaner frequently to get rid of my junk files.  The only thing I can say is that I have tried out numerous programs on my PC which required me to install and then remove the apps.  From my standpoint, my PC was a model of what most people should be doing to keep their PC's running at peak efficiency.  That being said, when I went to upgrade to Windows 10 I could not because of some corruption in the configuration settings of my PC and Windows Repair fixed whatever problems existed that allowed me to upgrade.  After I upgraded my PC to Windows 10 one would have assumed that since I had already run Windows Repair before the upgrade that my PC would have been really problem free.  However, after having a problem that required me to do a full hard drive restore of Windows 10 I ran Windows Repair again and again it found a ton of problems.  Since the Acronis backup image I created was made 1 day after my upgrade I was astounded over the amount of problems my PC had.  Was this a case of the older version of Windows Repair not catching it all since it was only run once instead of twice and was run in regular mode vs safe mode or was this a newer version of Windows Repair that fixed things better than the old version?  I don't know.  My concern is that if I had corruptions that were captured in a day old Acronis backup image is Windows Repair something that people run on a regular basis to keep their PC's running at optimum levels?  As like I stated earlier, I assumed that my Windows 7 OS at the time of upgrading to Windows 10 was completely error free and found out differently and would like to keep my Windows 10 OS as clean as possible.

Julian:
Uh what version of Windows repair did you use???

Moondoggy:

--- Quote from: Julian on August 30, 2015, 03:20:27 pm ---Uh what version of Windows repair did you use???

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The Microsoft tier 2 technician that first used Windows Repair, while my PC was still Windows 7 Pro, used version 3.3.0.1 that he downloaded on 8/6/2015.  It was 3.3.0.1 that fixed a 8007005 Windows Update error that wouldn't allow me to download Windows 10 or even use a Windows 10 Pro install DVD to upgrade my PC.  I'm not sure what it fixed, but after running Windows Repair I was able to upgrade my PC to Windows 10 Pro.

The version that I used on Windows 10 Pro, after I restored my HD from the backup taken on 8/7/2015, was version 3.4.0.3.  The reason I ran Windows Repair again was that Windows 10, after the restore, was reporting an 0x8024402f error while trying to manually invoke Windows Update.  Windows Repair did not fix this problem but after days of trying various fixes and running various scans, Windows update simply started working on it's own.  There's been speculation that Microsoft simply put something in place that blocked all updates to Windows 10 users until they could complete there most recent cumulative update that was made available on the 28th.  One side benefit of running Windows Repair again on the 8/26 was that it did fix another problem.

After I upgraded to Windows 10, each time I would perform a cold boot, the screen would display the Windows 10 splash screen and then the screen would go completely black for 16 second or more before it would display the Login screen.  I thought it was a bad video driver as my graphics card is 6 years old and AMD has not produced a driver update for it in 3 years.  I was about to go out and spend $200 on a new card but after running Windows Repair 3.4.0.3 the black screen only shows up for 1 second or less.  Again, I'm not sure what Windows Repair fixed but I'm very happy with the results. 

My primary concern now is keeping my system health and what I was wondering was whether forum members frequently run Windows Repair just to verify that no problems have crept into their systems or whether they only run it if they know that there's a problem.  If they do run Windows Repair frequently, how frequently is it used?

Willy2:
- Do you mean v3.43 ?
- I only run it when I think I have problems on my Win 7 system.
- Win 8 & Win 10 seem to be very sensitive to inproper states of permissions and that is also fixed by WR. I would assume that that could be the reason of a malfunctioning Windows.

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