Microsoft has launched online "Automated Troubleshooting Services" to automatically detect and fix common maintenance problems such as broken desktop shortcuts, unused icons, disk volume errors, and incorrect system time display.
It fixes following issues:
Problems with desktop shortcuts and icons
- Shortcuts on the desktop don't work or are broken
- Desktop icons are broken or have not been used in 3 months
- Startup items don't work or are broken
System maintenance tasks
- Free up disk space by repairing disk volume errors such as bad sectors, lost clusters, cross-linked files and directory errors
- Free up disk space by removing error reports and troubleshooting history older than 1 month
- Set the correct system time and synchronize system clock with the time server
You receive following errors
- Windows update error 0x80072F8F
- The item that this shortcut refers to has been deleted
Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting Services scans your computer and detects the root causes of common problems, then automatically fixes the problems that it finds, and offers additional resources if the problem isn't fixed.
It only supports Windows XP and Vista as Windows 7 and Server 2008 already come with built-in Automated Troubleshooting Services which can be accessed using Control Panel -> System and Security -> Action Center -> Troubleshoot common computer problems.
This article was posted in Windows Vista, Windows XP.
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Peter
When I went there it said: Red X and This diagnostic package is not available for Windows XP
VG
^^ Are you using XP SP3?
Olli
Does NOT work with XP SP3
netbox
Yeah it says also to my XP SP3..
This diagnostic package is not available for Windows XP
suneel
Hi VG. Says it doesnt work with XP. Bit of a disappointment that was.
Clarence75
This is the way you should find which packages works now for Windows XP SP3 !
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/mats
There is only 3 from now on.Two for IE and one for the CD/DVD ROM device, that's all for good old XP^^