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Crashes & freezes, in depth.

A crash always leaves a trail. Fixato reads the exact error Windows recorded — the stop code, the date, the kernel events — and names the real cause. Never a vague "your system is unstable".

In plain language

A blue screen, a machine that freezes solid, a black screen on wake — Windows writes down what happened every time. Fixato reads that record, explains it in plain words, and only then proposes a repair. If the trail points at hardware, it says so honestly instead of pretending a software fix.

Under the hood

Event-log forensics: BSOD stop codes, Kernel-Power 41, WHEA hardware errors, storage controller resets. Repairs run Windows' own servicing tools — system file repair, component-store repair, the built-in memory diagnostic — never registry hacks.

Evidence first

It names the exact error, and its date.

Stop codes and kernel events are read from Windows' own logs, then explained — so the fix targets the cause, not the symptom.

  • The exact stop code, dated, in plain words.
  • Software and hardware causes told apart honestly.
  • Repairs only for what the readings support.
FixatoCrashes & freezesExampleread
Blue screen
DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION · Feb 3
explained
Freeze evidence
Kernel-Power 41 · 2 events
found
System files
2 files repaired (sfc)
repaired
GPU driver
no resets recorded
clear
What it reads

The trail every crash leaves behind.

All read-only. Fixato works from what Windows actually recorded, not from guesses.

Blue-screen history

Every BSOD Windows recorded, with its stop code and date — the difference between "it crashes sometimes" and a named, dated error.

Named toolread_crash_history

Freeze evidence

The trail a hard freeze leaves: Kernel-Power 41 events, WHEA hardware errors, storage controller resets — proof of what happened when the screen just stopped.

Named toolget_freeze_evidence

Stability timeline

Windows' own reliability record, so a pattern (every day at boot? after an update?) can be seen instead of guessed at.

Named toolget_reliability_history

Black-screen factors

The known causes behind a black screen at boot or on wake — fast startup, display drivers, sleep settings — checked one by one.

Named toolget_black_screen_factors

What your stop code means

Turns a raw code like DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION into a curated explanation, and names the readings that actually measure the suspected cause.

Named toollookup_error_code

GPU driver resets

Whether your graphics driver has been crashing and recovering behind the scenes — a frequent cause of freezes in games and video apps.

Named toolget_gpu_crashes

Each name above is one of Fixato's named tools. The agent picks from that closed list — it can't type a command of its own. The complete list is published with the licence.

What it repairs (with your yes)

Then it fixes what the evidence supports.

Each repair follows a reading that justifies it, and asks for your confirmation first. If the trail points at failing hardware, Fixato says so and guides you — it never pretends a software fix.

Repair system files

Windows' own integrity check, repairing the corrupted system files behind many recurring crashes.

Named toolrun_sfc_scannow

Repair the component store

When system-file repair reports it couldn't fix everything, this repairs the store it draws from — in that order, never the reverse.

Named toolsscan_health_dismrestore_health_dism

Schedule the Windows memory test

When the pattern points at RAM, queues Windows' own diagnostic for your next restart — it runs when you reboot, not now, and the verdict is read back afterwards.

Named toolrun_memory_test

Fix the boot/wake black screen

Turns off fast startup when it's the measured culprit — the classic cause of a black screen at boot or on wake, and fully reversible.

Named toolset_fast_startup

Repair an app that won't start

When a program dies at launch over a missing VCRUNTIME/MSVCP, repairs the Visual C++ redistributables from the local cache — nothing is downloaded.

Named toolrepair_runtime

Each name above is one of Fixato's named tools. The agent picks from that closed list — it can't type a command of its own. The complete list is published with the licence.

Safe by design.

Diagnosis is read-only. Every change needs your explicit confirmation and is logged on your machine; system repairs are preceded by a restore point — or they're blocked. See security & safety.

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