Windows Repair is a free software program for the Windows operating system that users can use to repair and troubleshoot issues they experience.

One interesting aspect of the program is that it suggests troubleshooting steps prior to running repairs on the system. A total of four steps are suggested, which include running a virus scan on the system (by suggesting popular free antivirus solutions like TDSS Rootkit Remover or Microsoft Security Essentials), checking the file system for errors and running a system file check.

The repair Windows options are accessible with a click on the Start Repairs tab in the program interface. Here you can select one of the three available repair modes. Basic Mode and Advanced Mode both run repairs automatically on the system, while Custom Mode displays the available repair options to the user. So what can be fixed by the software?

Reset Registry Permissions
Reset File Permissions
Register System Files
Repair WMI
Repair Windows Firewall
Repair Internet Explorer
Repair MDAC & MS Jet
Repair Hosts File
Remove Policies Set By Infections
Repair Icons
Repair Winsock & DNS Cache
Remove Temp Files
Repair Proxy Settings
Unhide Non System Files
Repair Windows Updates

Here is the screen that you see when you select the custom repair mode from the options.

The program explains every repair option in detail when custom mode is selected. That’s handy for users who need more information on a particular repair option.

Take a look at the Windows Repair that I found on YouTube.

Windows Repair can be downloaded from the developer website over at Tweaking.com. The portable software is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the Windows operating system.

A short explanation is displayed on mouse over to give the user a first understanding of each button’s functionality.

A click on a button will launch the tool in a new tab, which makes it simple to open multiple tools at once.

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System Nucleus offers an incredible amount of tools and features, here is a short overview of each utility:

• Backup and Recovery – Offers to backup or restore Registry hives, event logs or system drivers. Especially the event log backup is something that not many programs offer.
• COM – Displays installed COM applications, with options to edit or delete them.
• Disks and Drives – Displays logical disks, physical drives and volume manager information. Filtering options provided to only display specific disk or drive types, including fixed, network or RAM disks.
• Drivers – Displays all running and stopped system drivers. Information include startup type, error control, path and driver names. Filters are available to list only running, stopped or auto-starting drivers among other filter settings.
• Event Logs – Displays event log information. Here it is possible to pick a specific event, like Application, Security or System events and filter by Error, Warning, Info, Success or Failure. Detailed information are provided for each event in the program interface, additional resources on the Internet are directly linked on each page as well.
• Processes – A process manager that lists process related information, again with filtering options to only display processes of the current user, local services, network services or system processes. The right-click context menu offers options to stop processes, change process priorities or open the file folder on the local hard drive.
• Programs – Offers options to uninstall programs including mass uninstallations.
• Services – Displays a list of all Windows services, with options to filter the list by running, stopped, non-Windows or disabled services. Options to edit and batch edit services, including changing service names and startup modes.
• Startups – An advanced startup manager, displays programs, services and drivers with options to filter the entries. Startup items can be enabled, disabled or deleted easily with a right-click.
• System Audit – Displays lots of system information which can be exported into a report. Included are detailed hardware information, network information like connections, IP Route table, protocols and shares, software and applications, users and groups, and more.
• System Editor – the system editor seems to be linked to the System Audit tool. The button does not have any functionality, System Audit on the other hand offers an Editor which appears to be a basic system tweaking tool.
• Volumes – Seems to display the same information as the Disk and Drives tool.

system audit

volume manager

But the tools above are only part of what the software has to offer. The menubar lists several additional tools that are of use to system administrators and for troubleshooting and auditing purposes.

Tools for instance links to all Control Panel apples, all administrative tools (like user accounts, event viewer, local security policy or performance monitor), diagnostics and repair tools (like check disk, DirectX Diagnostic Tool, Driver verification tool, and Help and Support), networking tools (like remote desktop client, remote assistance or shared folders), Security (including Windows Firewall with advanced security, Network Access Protection client, Malicious Software Removal Tool or Windows Defender) and System tools.

All services and features of the Tools menu are directly available in Windows. The Online Tools entry on the other hand links to online services.

online tools

This section links to multiple log file analysis tools, online malware file and system scanners, security audit services, services where suspicious files can be submitted to and links to software update services like Windows Update.

System Nucleus is an asset for every system administrator, but also for computer users who want to configure, troubleshoot or repair their Windows system. The software is available at the developer’s website as a portable version and an installer. It does require the .NET Framework 3.5 though. (via Download Squad)

Who Crashed is not the tool that will tell you exactly what you have to do to prevent future crashes. It can however point you in the right direction so that you know which components are responsible. The solution to the problem depends largely on the component. It is usually a good idea to update the software program or driver to the latest version to see if the upgrade fixes the issue. Sometimes a downgrade is the fix and sometimes you need to uninstall a software or module to fix it.

Who Crashed analyses Windows crash dumps and displays its findings in a notepad like window. It relies on the Windows Debugging Package which will be automatically installed if it is not already installed on the computer system.

WhoCrashed shows the drivers which have been crashing computer with a single click. In most cases it can pinpoint the offending drivers which have been causing misery on your computer system in the past. It does post-mortem crashdump analysis and presents all gathered information in a comprehensible way.

You get an overview of all crash dumps of the computer system which can help in identifying the underlying problems.