Tweaking.com Tool Deletes Updates...why??

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abro89

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I used Tweaking.com's repair tool (free version) to understand repair(s) it made for Windows 7. I also made a HD image "just in case" before use of the Tweaking.com tool. Registry back-ups were also created as part of the tool's repair tests and part of the tool's execution of 35 tests/repair.

The tool appears to have repaired a BSD for my graphics driver Intel 965 Mobile Chip Set on my Dell W7E-64b laptop.WMI tests and repair were performed. This made me very happy. However the following occurred:

(1) all update were deleted. I have no history of updates previously installed...why??
(2) my Windows Update works and shows "No important Updates" available..why? Optional updates are available., no language sets appeared
(3) if I install W7E-64b from an iso disk, updates are downloaded after some tweaking. This tweaking came from Sysnative as a "newer updater" was needed first. After installation I was surprised to see Windows still downloading updates for W7x-32/64b (app 200 in qty)

Quandary...

What in my Windows 7E-64b is NO LONGER accepting updates? Granted my OS is "End of Life" but I have never experienced this before.

Thx....Great Forum, Great People, Great Experience.
 
Hey abro89,

Unfortunately system repair tools can sometimes do this. These tools by definition modify sensitive parts of your system, e.g. the Registry and other system files, and the simple reason things can go wrong is that Windows is extremely complex. Consider that some versions of Windows file will change every Tuesday when there is a new update from MS - system repair tools have to be aware of every single version of every single system file, and every single registry combination.

This is already hundreds of thousands of files and registry configs the tools need to keep in mind - then add in thousands more to this due to the number of different languages that Windows supports (different language packs come with a whole bunch of new files) and you can quickly see how it's hard for any single tool to be perfect 100% of the time. Even MS screws this up now and then!

Typically we recommend avoiding these types of repair tools due to the historically high incident rate that users encounter with them. Some of them are a bit safer than others, but they all suffer from the complexity problem. It's great you ran a backup before using the tool.

Are you still encountering issues that need resolving?
 
What exactly are you tweaking with Tweaking.com?

Vista certainly needed a few tweaks; Windows 7 - less

Windows 8, then 8.1 - even less and less

But Windows 10? I do not know of any registry tweaks that would be of any real help.

Windows 10 production version has been out now for ~6 years and it really is fine the way it is. There is nothing that you can do to W10 (upgraded hardware notwithstanding) that would be of any real help to you (tweaking the registry).

Regards. . .

John
 
thx Will and jcgrilff2....

its obvious I should have not used the Tweaking.com tool for system repair. I will reload my back-up image and consider a complete reinstall of Win 7E-64b so that my laptop is operating again. Too many issues with existing OS and existing image and not worth Sysnative time to repair, esp missing hivelist, no download of important updates, and issues with new user accts assigned. Apparently my existing user acct profile is very corrupt.

Do you know if W7E-64b is still accepting updates from MS????

Thx again....be safe
 
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