Microsoft's Quick Machine Recovery Tool will automatically fix boot failures on Windows 11
Microsoft has announced the launch of Quick Machine Recovery, an automated tool designed to tackle critical issues that may arise on Windows 11 devices. Many users lack the knowledge on how to fix computer problems, an automated solution will help them greatly.
According to the official description for the tool, when a boot failure occurs, the device will connect to the internet, transmit diagnostic data to Microsoft, and apply targeted remediations through Windows Update. This means that users can potentially avoid the lengthy and often complex manual troubleshooting processes typically required when critical failures strike.
The Quick Machine Recovery feature is part of Microsoft's Windows Resiliency Initiative, which was unveiled during Ignite 2024. IT administrators are encouraged to enable and customize this feature to fit their specific environments, while it will also be automatically enabled for Windows 11 Home users upon its broader release.
In practical terms, for devices affected by widespread outages, Microsoft plans to deploy fixes directly from the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), streamlining recovery processes. The initial release offers features such as a simulation mode, allowing users and administrators to test the recovery process before implementation.
Microsoft has expressed intentions for Quick Machine Recovery to become a staple in homes and workplaces alike, helping users quickly return to productivity with minimal intervention.
Windows Insiders currently have the opportunity to experience this new tool on the Beta Channel, and provide feedback through the Feedback Hub. Microsoft is clearly optimistic about the reception of Quick Machine Recovery, which seeks to enhance user experience by significantly reduce downtime, and simplifying the process of recovery from critical failures, and alleviate the workload for IT administrators by automatically detecting and resolving startup problems.
Source: Betanews
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Also, I remembered when I had XP through 7, I was able to press F8 and go to the recovery settings to boot into Safe Mode. And it worked just fine. I had options for Safe Mode and Safe Mode with Networking and both worked properly.
Now since Windows 10, I don’t even know how to reach this point and the options seem to either be removed or changed and no longer work. It was to the point where if my Windows broke, I was already preparing for a clean reinstall. Which created the habit of never saving anything important on C drive, only on D, because I would preserve it after the clean reinstall.
I’m even more convinced that Microsoft is becoming really anti-consumer and the options they provide to fix this are making consumers more dependent. Now you need this to connect to the internet to fix your problem, provided it works. In the old recovery options you didn’t need internet – just enter Safe Mode and create a new user account and that usually solved most problems.
Now everything is all about jumping through hoops and even that is not enough. Which is why I moved from Windows – it felt like I was being punished while using it. And in Windows 11, there is no other explanation, they made it purposely difficult to change default programs, even in Windows 10, it was possible with a few clicks to set up default programs for audio, video, browser, PDF, documents, etc. In Windows 11, you have to click every format and set program separately and most of the time, the program you want to set as default is not even on the list for some crazy reason. It’s baffling why they would do this.
It’s okay to dislike Microsoft and Windows in principle, but you should at least do some research into before wasting your time writing any of this. Everything you’ve typed is absolutely wrong.
# Safe Mode still exists, and there are now multiple ways to boot into it.
# You can reinstall Windows without wiping your User folder.
# Microsoft is anti-consumer, but one thing they’ve done right is improve maintenance features.
# Windows can repair itself from a recovery partition, but if that’s corrupt, of course the only way to repair it is with an internet connection or secondary installation media.
# You don’t need an internet connection to enter safe mode or create a local profile.
# Changing default programs has simply moved to the Settings app.
Microsoft has done a lot wrong with Windows, but they’ve done a lot right as well.
What this tool should do is help the user create a restore image on USB drive so you can install Windows 11. I have yet to find a reliable repair tool that actually fixes the bulk of the no boot conditions that Windows experiences. If you are already at the BSOD then you need to start over.
“Windows Insiders currently have the opportunity to experience this new tool on the Beta Channel”
Translation
“Windows Insiders currently have the opportunity to beta test this new tool on the Beta Channel”
One does have to wonder just what data MS uploads …
“when a boot failure occurs, the device will connect to the internet, transmit diagnostic data to Microsoft, and apply targeted remediations”
Someone will likely develop an GPL open source alternative tool version of Quick Machine Recovery Tool that does a way better job than Microsoft.
Bet this is no more useful than the “Startup Repair” option it is replacing.
Will it? Last time I tried those when I still used Windows, they never worked, even if I had an USB with Windows on it, they would always return some error how the operation failed and I had to reinstall from scratch.
I’m skeptical this will be much better either.
I haven’t used Linux long enough to know if parts of it are really old and outdated, like they are in Windows, but I’ve used Windows since 2005 on my first PC and I know for a fact that Windows is a very fragmented OS with many components being really old and never been updated for over 20 years. And they just keep adding more and more stuff on top. I think this strategy will eventually fail when no matter how powerful hardware you run it on, the software will eventually collapse upon itself.
I’ve also seen over the years on different PCs, both slow and fast Windows perform differently and show variable levels of stability. Some say that newer versions, like 10 and 11 are more stable and less prone to failures, but I think it’s in part because of more powerful hardware – it can prevent the failures, but that wasn’t possible on weak hardware.
I think at some point Microsoft will have to rethink their strategy and do something similar to Apple with the M chips. They will have to rebuild Windows from scratch and add emulation for older software until that software gets rewritten for the new Windows and then gradually phase it out.
Windows simply cannot go on like this much longer, I give it 10 years tops… if we are alive that long as a species.
You’re ignorance is baffling.
Linux is a kernel. Windows, like any Linux “distribution”, is as up to date and fragmented as you make it. Some legacy features are supported long term for various reasons, but 99% of the time you won’t interact with these things, and they won’t interact with you.
Again, Windows and Linux distributions are as slow or unstable as you make it. An unmodified Windows install is just as stable as MacOS, or a LTS Linux distribution.
If you think Windows will go anywhere in the next 10 years, you’re very naïve. There’s a reason billion $ corporations still use it over other OS’.
Too bad the government didn’t split up Microsoft (a convicted monopoly) like they were supposed to.
I can hear M$ licking their chops as Google may face a break up.
Just another day in the M$ clown world.
Windows can never be *fixed*, something always has to be wrong with it. Hey, it keeps the criminals in the news cycle, right?
I wonder how ballmer liked the eggs thrown at him. Watch the video of it, he hid like a coward.