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Microsoft Ramps Up "Fix it" Support Tool
CWmike writes "Microsoft has ramped up its new Windows support assistant 'Fix it for me' nearly three months after it quietly released the automatic repair and configuration tool. The upgrade adds a 'Fix it' button to some of the support documents that Microsoft posts to its Knowledge Base. The blog introducing the changes lists some of the Knowledge Base documents that boast the 'Fix it' button, including one that prevents users from connecting a USB storage device — useful in protecting against one of the infection vectors of the 'Downadup' worm. Have ideas for the tool? In a forum on the 'WinVistaClub' Web site, someone who said he was part of the 'Fix it' team at Microsoft encouraged users to send feedback on the feature to the group at fixit4me@microsoft.com."
But Jim has already fixed it for me.
This seems like a great thing to try to hack. 5 bucks to the first one who gets the "Fix It" button to download and fire up an Ubuntu installer.
This guy's the limit!
Can we get a "Don't break this for me" checkbox instead?
Then you click on the "Fuck It" tool, which surreptitiously installs Linux....
That reminds me of a message we'd occasionally get in the early 90s working with either FoxPro or FoxBase:
"Error 201 while attempting to report Error 201"
(I don't know whether 201 was the actual number anymore)