Microsoft Fix It Solution Center - Comments Page 1

I read every post I get from you because they are so helpful. I was looking for a link to the Fix it site but never found it. So many links to other places confused me. What am I missing?

Where can I find the Microsoft Fix It Solution Center

It might be helpful to post the link: http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/

Perhaps a link to
http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/
could be included above...
(or did I miss it?)

Although I've been reluctant to laud Microsoft in the past, a recent experience using MS FixIt has changed my view.

My PC suddenly wouldn't print to any of my printers and the printers themselves appeared to be OK - all performed a local test. Running FixIt from the MS site restored full access to all printers. Full marks, Microsoft!

My problem with Windows are the updates. Lately, they have caused my computer to freeze so I have to use restore but that means I don't have the security update. I can't find an answer for this anywhere. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.

Fascinating. Probably just me, but cannot find link to this fix it center. Where is it?

Great article but how do we get to the Microsoft Fit It Solution Center that you describe??

EDITOR'S NOTE: Oops! I added the link.

I've used Microsoft's Fix-it tools for years, to unjam recalcitrant print spoolers and other geeky things. Very often they're just what the doctor ordered--and simple to run.

Thanks for highlighting the new interface at http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/. That is a lot handier than downloading various Fix-It tools to your computer, which is what I've done over the years.

Thanks, Bob.

In my experience, I've found "Fix-It's" have only been able to fix the easy stuff. For example, recently, I've been working on a client's machine with a major .NET problem. Fix-It's have been unable to fix the problem or help me make any serious headway in solving the problem. I've used Fix-It's to repair the .Net framework and also to remove the current .Net stack so I could start over. No luck for either obe. I'v given up using Fix-It's and resorted to the old fashion "solve it thru time and talent" approach.

I just switched to Office 2007 and was disappointed to see Outlook Express had gone away. fine. I managed to get Outlook set up, and have experience with it in the dim past.

Every once in a long while, I get a prompt to enter a password for one of my gmail accounts or another. it isn't really required; I just x out of it, but it always seems to pop up when I am particularly busy and not in the mood for this nonsense.

I am told that I have to completely delete my gmail accounts and reconfigure them, and haven't had spare time so to do. is there any other fix?

I will be examining this tool, and thank you for the advice!

If your Internet Explorer browser keeps saying that it encountered a problem and needs to close, and you simply can't access any online guides or help, go to the control panel. Click on Internet Options, swing to the far right tab "Advanced" and then click on "get rid of all my personal settings and then restore to pc defaults."

I was able to use a laptop that was working fine to correct the problem that was blocking my desktop pc from the internet.

This is a simple task, particularly for people who have no reason to worry if their internet explorer pulls a Madonna: Like a Virgin. You may lose your favorite sites and your blocked sites. Browser extensions and add-ons may disappear. Like I said, I tried several programs before I Googled; "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close>"

5 minutes later my desktop was back online.

The MS site was so dysfunctional that I couldn't even leave a question. Perhaps you can help me find a way to tweak Windows 7 to assign top priority to the process I'm currently working on. Anything else should move to the background.

EDITOR'S NOTE: That should be the default in any multi-tasking OS. Do have know for sure that's not happening?

Every time I bring up something you send to be printed, part on the right side is missing. when I bring up print preview it is missing there too.

EDITOR'S NOTE: I tested with IE, Firefox and Chrome -- all of them looked fine when printing. What OS and browser do you use?

Fix it does not seem to work with Windows 8.1 64 bits. Fix it told me Microsoft Fix It does not apply to your system. I was looking to see if it could help fixing the famous Windows 8.1 slow boot problem. There is a thread of about 225 messages in the Windows forum about that problem and Microsoft never dare to even answer in the past year. About time that MS support there own OS.. Below is the Tread
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-performance/windows-81-pro-x64-uefi-very-slow-boot-and/0296a252-bc00-4e6a-a645-112f187e6714?page=22&tm=1409888331949

Thanks a lot.
This did the trick. Windows media player now works properly.

The Fix It Center tells me it does not support my OS, which is 8.1. I agree with JMR: the Windows Forum is useless. Windows users are there begging for help with 8.1 and the new Outlook mail, and Microsoft simply doesn't reply. I have multiple problems with both of these programs, nowhere can I find the solutions, and it's causing serious damage to my life. Is there no site out there to help those of us who've been victimized and abandoned by Microsoft?

B F Farrow, check out your printer settings on your paper size, it may not be set on A4

Great article but unfortunately MS Fix It does not support Windows 8.1.

No support for your OS. Win8.1