There are a lot of computer technicians and engineers but the efficient ones are rare. The less experienced tech people will take more time to solve computer problems and you should be thankful if they don’t create a new problem while trying to solve them. As for the experienced ones, they most probably have already encountered the problem before and solving it takes less than 5 minutes since they know the solution. Being an efficient techie may not be as easy as before because the current Windows 7 or upcoming Windows 8 operating system is way more sophisticated than the old Windows 98 or XP due to the amount of files and features that are increasing in every new Windows version.
If you find it hard to keep up, it is good to keep a copy of 3rd party tools that can help to fix common Windows problems. One of such tool that I’ve mentioned before is the Windows Repair (All In One) that contains 21 repair options. Another useful alternative is FixWin suggested by Lee and Jeff.
FixWin is a free and portable Windows fixing tool created by Ramesh Kumar for The Windows Club where it contains 50 automated fixes to problems that you may experience in Window Vista and Windows 7. It contains fixes to problems as easy as re-creating an Internet Explorer shortcut at desktop to fixing Explorer.exe won’t start at boot in Windows by clicking the Fix button.
The welcome screen is similar to Windows Repair where it first advice you to run the System File Checker (sfc) utility to restore corrupted system files and then create a system restore point before making any changes with FixWin. However it lacks of advice to check and remove any virus infections because any active virus running in background can instantly revert the fixes done by FixWin.
The fixes are categorized into 5 categories which is Windows Explorer, Internet & Connectivity, Windows Media, System Tools and Additional Fixes so that you could locate the fix easier. I think it would be much easier if these Windows fixing tools contains a filter or keyword search so I don’t have to spend unnecessary time going through every option to see if there is an available fix to the problem which I’m experiencing.
Always remember and follow the general rule which is “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Meaning don’t attempt to click the Fix button if you are not experiencing the problem on the Windows computer. For your information, the last time FixWin updated was nearly 2 years ago but it should still work without problems. FixWin is definitely a keeper.