![]() ![]() Maybe I am being cynical, but I think not!! Buyer beware!!. I tried ringing the International Number I was called on, the one time I actually spoke to a person and got the 'Automated Number Not Recognised, please contact Supervisor' message. I asked for a copy of the Silver Status Accreditation from Microsoft, to be told no need because the logo was present on Outbytes Web Site (not anymore! no mention anywhere, Strange That!) 3. First time around I was charged a repeat fee for a replacement version. applied since the last installation! Now I can see a money making scam here. So all your third party data is preserved because only OS gets installed and WIN 11 is so advanced that it automatically re-activates all the added Apps, Router Passwords etc. Whilst a system reinstall is a pain in the neck, the beauty of the check value being zero, means that you cannot take the option to completely wipe the system clean. Seemed plausable!!! Ran a couple of times, no issues! Then it happened again, same scenario, RAS Link-Up, delve into Device Manager, Live Chat msg to confirm leaving session and request to re-boot. I queried this and was told that I now had the latest version and because it had transitioned out of beta status, it was issued with a new code. In my World once a Licence has been issued for a particular Product, any subsequent updates to the same Product should be covered by the original licence. He transferred another version to my system and strangely shipped over another Licence Code. I obliged and watched him check the version of the software which he reported as out-of-date. Simon or Harbinder or whatever his name was, sought permission to access my system via RAS (their version!). Funny that, as the App has to be written to run in that environment, right? I have actually spoken to him in the flesh, definitely not a Simon, or Malcolm, or Gary, unless they are popular names on the Indian Sub-Continent these days. 'Definitely not was the response, no correlation between the OS and the App. Spoke to Simon (definitely not his real name, only used for public facing reasons!), on Live Chat to ask whether Outbyte's software could have been the cause. The value returned zero! WHAT!!! No surprise OS could not be repaired as it thinks that the OS does not exist!!! Long story short, got the system back up. I did the usual clean-up tasks, and one of the checks returns a count of the number of instances that Windows exists on my disk/s. Repeatedly got the message 'System could not be repaired! Having spent 15 years as a programmer, systems analyst, developer, I know my way around Windows via the Command Prompt. OS could not find the boot file! Could not be repaired, tried multiple ways to repair. Something I would always do after an update. Back end of 2022, I downloaded Driver Updater and having run a scan, paid for the product, received a Licence Code and applied it's driver replacement recommendations to my WIN 11 Pro Set-Up. Have tested it on a Virtual Machine, seems to work pretty good! The advert also promoted Driver Updater and PC Repair., from a Microsoft Silver Status Partner! Now, I can only speak from personal experience and will leave it to others to judge whether I have been the victim of an ingenius scam. This is my story, I pay a subscription for PIA (private internet access) no explanation needed it speaks for itself! Along with it came a years free subscription to RESTORO, A Cleanup Utility. OutByte, can't be anyone else offering Driver Updater and PC Repair. I don't know what to make of this info (the picture above). I don't think Outbytes was responsible for this, but most definitely it contributed to my laptop's now senile behavior. Installed Malewarebytes because my parent suggested that perhaps the wifi and bluetooth wasn't functioning because of malware. Outbytes was praised on reviews, and I didn't find anything particularly weird, so I decided to install it to help with the bluetooth issue.Īnyway, that's the backstory. That's when I decided to find a site that would give me a bluetooth driver. Maybe it was now outdated and incompatible, but nonetheless, it disabled itself and would refuse to connect to either anymore. My windows prompted multiple updates to make up for the complete reset, but I believe after it had done so, it messed with the bluetooth driver and wifi/network for whatever reason. Now, my laptop is new and fresh, with a recent aes makeover (bg, taskbar, etc). I'm not sure how that occurred, but nonetheless it needed to be removed, as it was attempting to corrupt the replacement parts. Had it checked by a computer guy, and after trying to figure out what could've happened, we ultimately decided to wipe it completely, as he discovered that the motherboard had corrupted. ![]() My laptop, a while ago, had blacked out while I was on YT, refusing to turn back on.
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