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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: netlogon switched to manual
« on: July 10, 2020, 08:04:09 pm »
Pinging computers was resulting in "General Failure"
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Tweaking.com Support & Help / netlogon switched to manual
« on: July 10, 2020, 12:41:26 pm »
Windows 7 computer on a domain. Ran Tweaking.com in safe mode, which succeeded in getting the computer back on the network, but my user couldn't connect via RDP. It turns out that Tweaking apparently switched the startup mode of the NetLogon service to manual. Switching it back to automatic and all is well.
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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: this app has been blocked for your protection
« on: January 15, 2020, 10:20:19 am »
I managed to solve it by upgrading the Windows build. That undid the "damage". However, that it can happen indicates there is a bug in your program.
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Tweaking.com Support & Help / this app has been blocked for your protection
« on: January 07, 2020, 03:03:16 pm »
Tweaking.com 4.7.1 after running all repairs in safe mode under build 1803, I get this error that the app has been blocked when trying to open computer management. This is an old and longstanding bug that crops up from time to time.
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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: 4.4.6 blocks Event Viewer
« on: March 22, 2019, 12:44:52 pm »
This was an old system, so it was easier for me to just wipe it and reinstall Windows. I will try if I get time to test this on a VM.
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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: 4.4.6 blocks Event Viewer
« on: March 21, 2019, 12:50:06 pm »
The error is easily reproducible. The system has other permission problems; hence the reason I'm running tweaking, but this looks like a bug in your code. It's not the first time I am seeing it.
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Tweaking.com Support & Help / 4.4.6 blocks Event Viewer
« on: March 21, 2019, 10:09:20 am »
After running 4.4.6 with all repairs in safe mode, I got the infamous "this app has been blocked for your protection" error. This bug has been around for at least a few versions now.
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Tweaking.com Support & Help / tweaking triggers system-wide blocking of admin executables
« on: January 03, 2019, 11:37:43 pm »
A computer running Windows 10 x64 1703 has been continually eating its virtual memory for no apparent reason. The system has 32 GB RAM and it was essentially maxed when I saw it despite no user programs running. The user also reports periodic freezing in both Firefox and Chrome.
I tried Windows Update to get 1803. For an unknown reason, it failed. (I wanted to try manually, but it seems 1803 isn't available any longer).
So I ran 4.4.1 in safe mode. It ran fine. However, after rebooting, I was unable to access any administrator tool control panel. They all threw up a message that the administrator has blocked my access to the executable, claiming that the administrator has blocked my access. I didn't try other executables. To get the computer back in business quickly, I used system restore and that worked, but there appears to be a bug in 4.4.1 that is tripping up permissions on at least some executables.
I tried Windows Update to get 1803. For an unknown reason, it failed. (I wanted to try manually, but it seems 1803 isn't available any longer).
So I ran 4.4.1 in safe mode. It ran fine. However, after rebooting, I was unable to access any administrator tool control panel. They all threw up a message that the administrator has blocked my access to the executable, claiming that the administrator has blocked my access. I didn't try other executables. To get the computer back in business quickly, I used system restore and that worked, but there appears to be a bug in 4.4.1 that is tripping up permissions on at least some executables.
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General Computer Support / Re: tweaking.com hosed the Windows GUI
« on: August 03, 2018, 03:54:04 pm »
The bcdedit command returned some cryptic UUID-style designation. I just checked C: and it's the drive with Windows, so I re-ran sfc scannow and it threw up the same resource protection error.
I'd figured whatever happened hosed the computer, but it's a bit scary that tweaking tool triggered it when it should be repairing the system. It makes me nervous to run in the future.
We already copied off the data and moved it to another computer, so this one will get reformatted. Thanks for your help.
I'd figured whatever happened hosed the computer, but it's a bit scary that tweaking tool triggered it when it should be repairing the system. It makes me nervous to run in the future.
We already copied off the data and moved it to another computer, so this one will get reformatted. Thanks for your help.
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General Computer Support / Re: tweaking.com hosed the Windows GUI
« on: August 03, 2018, 08:51:01 am »
The only thing I did to the computer manually was to change the owner of the directory supposedly containing the index repository. It initially had an "unknown owner" and I think I changed it to Administrators.
Safe Mode is the same. There is no text there either.
When I try system restore from the CD, I get the following message:
System Restore could not find the offline boot volume. Please ensure that is currently accessible.
Safe Mode is the same. There is no text there either.
When I try system restore from the CD, I get the following message:
System Restore could not find the offline boot volume. Please ensure that is currently accessible.
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General Computer Support / Re: tweaking.com hosed the Windows GUI
« on: August 02, 2018, 12:28:37 pm »12
General Computer Support / tweaking.com hosed the Windows GUI
« on: August 02, 2018, 12:27:59 pm »
My user reported to me that she was having variable results on searching (this is on Windows 10 x64), so I ran the troubleshooter and it claimed that the search repository directories had incorrect permissions. I tried to fix it manually, but that wouldn't make the error go away. So I ran the latest tweaking.com.
Upon logging in after the repair, I got this screen
As you can see, all the text has been eliminated and windows don't always open to their full size and that includes menus. Indeed, with the exception of the search box, pretty much nothing works. This is true in safe mode.
I was able to run chkdsk, which found no errors. I cannot run sfc /scannow without its complaining of a Windows Resource Protection error. I had to run these checks while the disk was plugged in externally since obviously nothing can be done from within its own Windows.
Upon logging in after the repair, I got this screen
As you can see, all the text has been eliminated and windows don't always open to their full size and that includes menus. Indeed, with the exception of the search box, pretty much nothing works. This is true in safe mode.
I was able to run chkdsk, which found no errors. I cannot run sfc /scannow without its complaining of a Windows Resource Protection error. I had to run these checks while the disk was plugged in externally since obviously nothing can be done from within its own Windows.
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