Describes how to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files in Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista.

If your Surface isn’t working properly, the Microsoft Surface app and Surface Diagnostic Toolkit can help you find and solve problems. Notes: If your work or school manages your Surface, check with your IT department before running the tool.

Microsoft generally releases the MSRT on a monthly cadence as part of Windows Update or as a standalone tool. (For exceptions, see Skipped releases.)Use this tool to find and remove specific prevalent threats and reverse the changes that they made (see Covered malware families).For comprehensive malware detection and removal, consider using Windows Defender Offline or Microsoft Safety Scanner.

Windows 10. This tool is used to collect info about devices to help troubleshoot problems with DirectX sound and video. A support person might ask for this info, or you might post it in a forum when you ask for help. In Windows, select Start and enter dxdiag into the search box on the taskbar.

Windows 11 users: Right-click on the Start button and select Settings, and then go to Apps > Installed apps. From there, search for Xbox, select the “…” button to open the menu, and select Advanced options. In the Background apps permissions section, select Always from the dropdown for Let this app run in background.

Learn how to use the Gaming Services Repair Tool to troubleshoot installation and update issues with Gaming Services on PC.

Microsoft Update Health Tools is offered to devices through Windows Update as update KB4023057. This update is applicable for both Windows consumer and commercial devices, with a slightly different purpose and functionality. On Windows consumer devices, this update helps remediate smooth functioning of Windows Update.

To start the Disk Cleanup tool and specify the hard disk to be cleaned by using the command line, follow these steps: Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type the following command, and then press Enter: c:\windows\SYSTEM32\cleanmgr.exe /d Drive Note In this command, the placeholder Drive represents the drive letter of the hard ...

Select Settings > System > Display . Select an HDR-capable display at the top of the screen. Select Use HDR. Select Battery options, then select the Allow HDR games, videos, and apps on battery check box or the Allow streaming HDR video on battery check box.

Select Start > Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot > Additional troubleshooters , or select the Find troubleshooters shortcut at the end of this topic, and then select Additional troubleshooters. Select the type of troubleshooting you want to do, then select Run the troubleshooter.