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The name says it all. Diagnostics not repair. Now, do the thing actually diagnose anything?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Useful when customer is watching. Gives one time to figure out the real problem. 
>64
It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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It's almost like an idiot cartoon to entertain....
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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No Windows diagnostic has ever identified anything for me. On top of that, in Events Viewer, each error code has a link to click for more information. Not once has that ever returned any explanation.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I've never had any Windows troubleshooter fix anything, except for the most extremely simple problems that are quicker to manually fix anyway.
Same with System Restore. I had it successfully recover a relative's botched update - once - where Vista (to give you an idea of the timeframe) was stuck in a reboot loop. Rolled it back, reinstalled the update, and everything was fine. But I always have it disabled on my own systems, as I've never had a single use for it.
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I can certainly see the case where, in theory, the cleanest way to roll back a bad driver would be with System Restore.
Fortunately I never got myself into that sort of situation where I couldn't get things back the way they were. I turn it off on my own systems. But I wouldn't necessarily encourage the less technically-inclined to do the same (because then I know I'd be the one they'd turn to).
OTOH I've also sees systems with a crap-ton of restore points that had been diligently created...but turned out to all be reported back by the OS as "unusable". That did nothing to restore confidence...
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When I've seen it work is when it disables and reenables the adapter, which is pretty much the equivalent of turning it off and on again. So, yes, it has "fixed" things in my experience, though it hasn't done anything particularly "special" to make it happen.
Fool me once, shame on you;
Fool me twice, prepare to die.
--Klingon proverb
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For me, no, it never really fixed anything. And any error message you get from Windows about a networking issue is more likely than not just a red herring, which will lead you nowhere...
I am always glad in such situation that I can look back at 40 years of networking experience, which allows me to quickly check on some of the basics, which in most cases are revealing the problem at hand.
The only thing I get stuck once in a while is the whole security/permission mess that comes with Windows, something where I really wish I could work with good old Novell Netware again, there everything was logical and made sense...
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I have had the same experience with Maple (all versions since 2006). The codes and links don't even diagnose anything.
For the uninitiated, Maple is a native math code system (mostly). It is also used by many college math programs to teach advanced mathematics.
Sometimes using their online forum works, and someone will tell you wtf is going on, or at least how to avoid it.
To err is human.
To brp takes an LLM. Please stop. Who told you to add LLM tech to a science research paper writing system? Why ever would you DO that? Who told you to add LLM to a math model system like Maple? You do know that if I use AI in any way in research, I have to declare it to the journals? And I have to be able to tell them what it did for me? How the $#$#@! can I know exactly? Please stop. Quit spying on me!
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On one of my machines which is unfortunate to be equipped with an Intel NIC it can help.
Unlike the startup repairing, which never ever solved any problem.
SFC and DISM have also helped but the most case involved these unfortunately had a bad filesystem on a failing drive as root cause.
Also fast startup + dual boot ...
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Nope, but I have totally had the audio diagnostics wizard (stands out because recent 1st timer there) figure something out and make things start working again.
It did not tell me what it found/did.
I suspect a flag is randomly flipped to break audio so that it can take the credit for fixing it when it simply flips the flag back.
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I posted this at reddit, but then I remembered that the real hardware experts hang around CodeProject (yes, the flattery is intentional so that I get good information).
NOTE: What I call an "extension cable" is a cable with 1 male end and 1 female end, with the ends being the standard big USB port.
I had bought a pair of no-name extension cables from Amazon, and then when I tried to use them with a GameDoc Ultra video-capture box, neither of them worked - and so now I am looking for a brand that I can get at Amazon that will work. Or is it that the signal from the video-capture box gets too attenuated (this cable was 10-feet), and thus I need some sort of boost device, etc.? I just want to be able to keep my computer on a table that happens to be that far from the video-capture box & console (XBox360 - yes, I understand that it's "vintage").
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did you try the cable with an actual PC? Some non-PC devices are strange, as in, your mileage may vary.
Sounds like you are using a type A extension - USB 2.0. I've used these for a long time for work and had no issues. The spec says 25 meters is the max, but I'd not go that far  . 10 ft is nothing. Are BOTH cables from the same maker? If they won't work with a PC, they will not work with a random box. You would be amazed about all sorts of magic done in hardware and embedded software that is just elephanted up. Right code witch?
I know this might shock a lot of you (tongue in cheek), but Amazon does zero QC on the crap, excuse me, products they peddle. They just could not give a <insert appropriate="" phrase="" here="">. The prices are sometimes so cheap, people just don't bother with the return and trash them. Go out to newegg. They have better QC.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Check into what level USB your device uses. There are multiple levels of USB; identify by using the color of the plastic piece inside as a guide. White or black indicates a USB1 or 2 device, blue is USB 3.0, and red USB 3.1 - Generally, that is. Not all mfrs follow the rules. I just learned this myself, and had to look it up to figure out why my cursor froze when I plugged in a 3.0 thumb drive. I was baffled, because I purposely built this PC to have a few 3.0 ports. Then I looked into the USB hub I'd plugged the device into and noticed that it only could support USB 2. Grrrr...
Will Rogers never met me.
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A couple of years ago I purchased a couple of AINOPE USB type A 6-ft extension cables. They were highly rated at the time, and have given reliable service. Your mileage may vary. Odds of success go down as cable length goes up.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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