Can Microsoft just ‘Fix it’?

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:16:53 +0000

I read this post earlier on about Microsoft’s new “Fix It” button that is being integrated into help screens. It does sound like a really helpful and forward thinking step to help people fix problems with their PC’s. Macros have been around forever in windows and office and it makes perfect sense to pair them into help and how-to things – especially for simpler problems.

What are you doing to my computer with that wrench?

On the downside, I hope it doesn’t set off a load of UAC prompts and then there’s the malware… I can already picture that…

Here’s the full article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10157210-56.html

And a list of things they can fix! http://support.microsoft.com/fixit

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Can Microsoft just ‘Fix it’?