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this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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Windows's ability to troubleshoot itself or at least point you in the direction of a solution is non-existent. One reason I switch to Linux fully.
You mean "something went wrong :(" is insufficient?
I know, right? It's 2023. They should really provide a QR code or something.
No, just spent the better part of half a day helping a friend troubleshoot his PC because it kept crashing when trying to game.
BSOD was useless, dug in logs to find the errorcode. Error code was some generic Nvidia driver had an oopsie daisy, all it confirmed was that it was a software issue. Spent next 3 hours finding and reinstalling drivers until finally reinstalling the chipset drivers seems to have resolved it.
If you want more info, you just open up the Event Viewer.
It really isn't that difficult.
As mentioned in another comment, event viewer didn't get me much more than "Nvidia Driver crapped out", searching the bugcheck code lead to "heres several things that might fix it". In no way did it suggest that reinstalling the chipset drivers would resolve the issue.
But they could just put the actual event on the huge fucking screen instead of a worthless message with a frowny face. Or if not a page with instructions to access the event viewer so that inexperienced users know where to begin. Literally anything would be better than the current screen.
Say you have no knowledge about Windows without saying you have no knowledge about Windows...
Do you see all the comments on this post telling you it fixed their issues? Because I do.