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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Applies to macOS as well. These official support forums are such garbage.

Windows: did you run sfc /scannow and chkdsk? (This has never solved a single thing in my entire building PCs life, so since about 1999.)

macOS: did you reset SMC and PRAM? (This is basically a fancy restart and with Apple Silicon devices, it is literally just a restart.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

One time I had a problem and all the suggestions were sfc /scannow and chkdsk, except one answer that said "download this extremely shady program".
...it worked and all the replies were people embarrassed that what should've been an obvious virus actually fixed their ongoing tech issue.

[–] Wild_Mastic 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Same as the useless windows troubleshoot program that pop off every time a program crashes "Looking for the problem that caused the crash. Oh i found nothing".

I'm convinced it's just those 2 pop ups and are placed just for giving the impression of doing something, but actually doing nothing.

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[–] DV8 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's suggested more than it helps, especially on MS support pages, but for sure sfc fixes a particular set of problems. Out of about 16 times I've used it professionally it's solved the issue about 12 or so times. (In 20 years, so damn you for making me feel old) And when it didn't it's usually because the file is also corrupt in dllcache.

Chkdsk is/was useful, imho, if you run it with the /r parameter. In my experience it became irrelevant for user systems with ssd's.

Both are tools. Don't blame the tool for being used for something they're not meant for. You could technically use a power drill to hit nails in a wall, sometimes, but someone suggesting a power drill in place of a hammer doesn't mean it's a bad tool.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

To be clear, it’s not that I’m saying sfc /scannow and chkdsk are altogether worthless, it’s just that they’re reflexively repeated as a solution to seemingly every issue posted on those forums. It’s more so the advice is frequently useless for the given issue, rather than the specific commands themselves.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Looked up how to "close tabs to left" on Edge* since there's a button for right but not left. Click MS help link, the dude legitimately recommended moving all the tabs backwards then closing to right.
He also said you could do control click on them and "close selected tabs" which worked... decently. Still mad there's not a button for closing tabs to left though.

* this was on my education laptop where I can't use Firefox and Chrome doesn't save cookies so id have to log into everything every single time for 'safety'

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

"Have you used driver doctor to update your drivers? Do this first and tell us if problem is fixed."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

I wrote about it on my other account a year ago: https://lemmy.world/comment/5005611

Hi, Micro$oft Community Advisor Alicia here!

I’m sorry to hear that your software occasionally crashes. Trying some of these steps may help you:

  • Go to Windows Update and search for the latest drivers
  • Run ‘sfc /scannow’ in command prompt
  • Reinstall Windows

Please mark my post as “Answer” if this helped you solve your problem! Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

It's just easier to throw it out and steal another

[–] FelixCress 5 points 1 day ago

Yup, spot on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

What wasn’t included is that neither of the suggestions actually do anything, of course

[–] voracread 2 points 1 day ago

It is acceptable if it just used to lay a strong foundation for the work towards a solution. Instead you will probably get another such answer if you come back after doing it and then total silence while you keeping refreshing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

I scroll to the bottom. If there's "was this helpful" 99% of the time it isn't.

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