Have you ever fixed it and not known what you did?

:-D

Seriously, have you ever fixed an issue and didn't know what the fix was?

My kids' desktop was not allowing Windows updates. There were 6 from January on that kept failing. I didn't know this until I got on to do my period cleaning and maintenance of the computer. I tried all sorts of stuff. Nothing was working. Finally I ordered Recovery Disks for the computer since I figured I'd have to wind up doing a repair.

Before doing that, I found this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2509997

I was going through all the steps. Then the Avira 'blocked Host' thing came up. I disabled the feature. Of course stupid me, I was in the middle of fixing the registry as well.

The updates worked.

I'm just annoyed because I don't know which thing worked! LOL

 

LMAO! I hadn't looked it it that way! And here I thought it was my superior mad troubleshooting skillz.:-D

Awww.....yes, we do! Sometimes we don't fix them the right way, or they don't really need fixing, but we do fix them.

 

LOL I'm glad mine were in a good mood, then!

haha...I hadn't seen that thread, Spock. Its always nice when things work out, but would be even nicer if you knew why!

 

Frequently Laura as sometimes I may try multiple options to fix an issue, which is annoying as hell as more often that not these days I systematically offer advice which is a step by step approach to see what fixes an issue, so I can know what actually fixed it.

Thing with forums is, that many offer good advice so in a thread and in the end you never really know unless the OP tells us what actually fixed the issue, so you tend to review all the advice and see what could have potentially fixed said issue. (kinda like my work in medicine as really no definative answers to some diseases)

Its a gut and previous knowledge type of thing. I think at times no one answer is the right one, it may take a few different options to fix an issue as no one issue is the same as PCs are not uniform.