Microsoft ATS Service – Fix Windows XP And Windows Vista Update Problems, Run Common System Maintenance And More

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Microsoft has a free Automated Troubleshooting Service (ATS) tool which is an online tool and can be run from within the browser without need to install it.

This is a useful tool for Windows XP and Windows Vista. However such tool is not needed for Windows 7 because with Windows 7 you can run the diagnostics built into Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. To do so in Windows 7, you can go to Control Panel > System and Security and run the “Troubleshoot common computer problems”

In this article I will brief about the use and features of Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting Service.

Features Of Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting Service.

• Fixes problems with desktop shortcuts and icons like Shortcuts on the desktop don’t work or are broken
• Fixes Desktop icons are broken or have not been used in 3 months
• Fixes startup items don’t work or are broken
• System maintenance tasks like Free up disk space by repairing disk volume errors such as bad sectors, lost clusters, cross-linked files and directory errors
• Free up disk space by removing error reports and troubleshooting history older than 1 month
• Set the correct system time and synchronize system clock with the time server
• Fixes Windows update error 0×80072F8F
• Fixes the item that this shortcut refers to has been deleted

How To Use Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting Service

1. Go to the Link : Automated Troubleshooting Service
2. Let the online ATS tool scan and fix your Windows XP or Windows Vista Problems

Hope you find this tool useful and handy.

Author + Admin: Abhishek Bhatnagar
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