{"id":3870,"date":"2016-08-20T14:01:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T14:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2020-12-07T10:24:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T10:24:18","slug":"microsoft-self-healing-software-repair-tool-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/microsoft-self-healing-software-repair-tool-details\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Microsoft Support\u2019s Self Healing or Software Repair Tool do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Technical Support has a new &#8220;Windows Self healing tool&#8221; (or &#8220;Windows Software Repair Tool&#8221;) which resets the system configuration, reinstalls main system apps, repairs system files and fixes Windows Update issues.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/software-repair-tool-1.png\" alt=\"windows self healing or software repair tool\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3871\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is a detailed report on what the tool does exactly.<\/p>\n<p>The opening screen of the tool reads: <em>Fix Software Problems &#8212; Having trouble with your Surface? This tool will make sure it&#8217;s up to date and help find and fix software issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/software-repair-tool-2.png\" alt=\"windows self healing or software repair tool\" width=\"650\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3872\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tool says it performs the following operations:<\/p>\n<p>1. Repair system components and detect corrupt files<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create System Restore Point<\/li>\n<li>Resync System Date and Time<\/li>\n<li>Reset System Settings<\/li>\n<li>Reinstall System Applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Repair system corruption<\/p>\n<p>3. Windows Update<\/p>\n<p>I gave this tool a shot in my test machine, and observed what it does.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<p>First, it creates a System Restore point &#8211; that&#8217;s a good thing. Windows 10 upgrade disable System Restore by default, and this tool enables System Restore for the system drive before attempting to create a restore point.<\/p>\n<p>Note that if a recent restore point exists (created within last 24 hours), no restore point is created &#8212; which is the default behavior in Windows 8 and higher.<\/p>\n<p>1. Starts the Windows Time service and syncs the system date and time using (w32tm.exe \/resync)<\/p>\n<p>2. Reinstalls *System* App packages using PowerShell. <del datetime=\"2016-08-20T20:05:25+00:00\">all the bloatware will be back<\/del>.<\/p>\n<p>3. Resets Winsock, proxy settings &amp; the firewall settings<\/p>\n<p>4. Resets WSUS cookie\/authorization. (<a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc708617(v=ws.10).aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wuauclt.exe<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>5. Resets Windows Store using wsreset.exe<\/p>\n<p>6. Runs the &quot;WindowsUpdate\\Automatic App Update&quot; Scheduled Task.<\/p>\n<p>7. Resets the Security Descriptor for Windows Update and BITS services<\/p>\n<p>8. Stops these 5 system services: Windows Update, BITS, Cryptographic Services, Application Identity, Update Orchestrator service for WU<\/p>\n<p>9. Deletes qmgr*.dat files from &#8220;Network\\Downloader\\&#8221; folder<\/p>\n<p>10. Deletes SoftwareDistribution and Catroot2 folders<\/p>\n<p>11. Registers these DLL files:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>atl.dll<\/li>\n<li>urlmon.dll<\/li>\n<li>mshtml.dll<\/li>\n<li>shdocvw.dll<\/li>\n<li>browseui.dll<\/li>\n<li>jscript.dll<\/li>\n<li>vbscript.dll<\/li>\n<li>scrrun.dll<\/li>\n<li>msxml.dll<\/li>\n<li>msxml3.dll<\/li>\n<li>msxml6.dll<\/li>\n<li>actxprxy.dll<\/li>\n<li>softpub.dll<\/li>\n<li>wintrust.dll<\/li>\n<li>dssenh.dll<\/li>\n<li>rsaenh.dll<\/li>\n<li>gpkcsp.dll<\/li>\n<li>sccbase.dll<\/li>\n<li>slbcsp.dll<\/li>\n<li>cryptdlg.dll<\/li>\n<li>oleaut32.dll<\/li>\n<li>ole32.dll<\/li>\n<li>shell32.dll<\/li>\n<li>initpki.dll<\/li>\n<li>wuapi.dll<\/li>\n<li>wuaueng.dll<\/li>\n<li>wuaueng1.dll<\/li>\n<li>wucltui.dll<\/li>\n<li>wups.dll<\/li>\n<li>wups2.dll<\/li>\n<li>wuweb.dll<\/li>\n<li>qmgr.dll<\/li>\n<li>qmgrprxy.dll<\/li>\n<li>wucltux.dll<\/li>\n<li>muweb.dll<\/li>\n<li>wuwebv.dll<\/li>\n<li>usocore.dll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>12. Performs component cleanup using DISM<\/p>\n<p>13. Repairs Windows image using PowerShell\/DISM (RestoreHealth)<\/p>\n<p>14. Runs Sfc \/Scannow<\/p>\n<p>15. Restores default power schemes.<\/p>\n<p>16. Runs Windows Update after a reboot, and also updates Defender.<\/p>\n<p>That lists most of the things done by this tool &#8211; it&#8217;s comprehensive and may be a overkill depending upon what you use this tool for. It would have been better if they include checkboxes for each operation so that you can perform a particular or a set of operations to fix a specific issue you may be facing.<\/p>\n<p>Download link: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/surface\/forum\/surfbook-surfrepair\/new-ms-tool-to-repair-problems-with-anniversary\/e994965b-8a2a-4ebc-99ee-7f7ad2715c6d?auth=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New MS Tool to repair problems with Anniversary Update available &#8211; Microsoft Community<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Post last revised on 8-21-2016 to make it more accurate. It&#8217;s possible that this tool performs additional repairs along with the tasks listed in this post. Hope Microsoft releases a clear documentation on this tool.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Technical Support has a new &#8220;Windows Self healing tool&#8221; (or &#8220;Windows Software Repair Tool&#8221;) which resets the system configuration, reinstalls main system apps, repairs system files and fixes Windows Update issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26019,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/malwarebytes-error-unable-to-connect-service-577-wmi\/","url_meta":{"origin":3870,"position":0},"title":"Fix for Malwarebytes Error &#8220;Unable to connect the Service&#8221;","author":"Ramesh","date":"January 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When you try to open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) software on your Windows computer, you may receive the following error: Unable to start Unable to connect the Service If you attempt to start the \"Malwarebytes Service\" (MBAMService) service via Services MMC (services.msc), the following error may occur: Windows could not start\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Utilities&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Utilities","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/utilities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"malwarebytes error 1068","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mbam-service-wmi-error-2.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5845,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-0xc000012f-bad-image-fix-corrupt-files\/","url_meta":{"origin":3870,"position":1},"title":"Error 0xc000012f &#8220;Bad Image&#8221; When Running a Program","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"When you run a program in Windows, error 0xc000012f may pop up, mentioning that the binary you're trying to run is corrupted. 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