This is Fixato's core: you describe a problem in plain words, and the agent investigates your PC the way a good technician would — then fixes the real cause under your supervision. Below is exactly what it reads, what it repairs, and the tools behind each step. Skim the plain-language lines, or open the under-the-hood detail.
You tell Fixato what's wrong — “my PC freezes and restarts,” “it's slow,” “Wi-Fi keeps dropping.” It runs a deep, read-only check, explains what it found, and proposes a fix. Nothing changes until you say yes.
A closed set of named diagnostic tools runs first (read-only). The agent reasons over the combined results, then maps the cause to a specific repair from its whitelist — never a free-form command.
Where a cleaner glances at two or three counters, Fixato opens the Event Log, correlates crashes over time, and spots the signature that keeps repeating.
Three of four events cluster within 38 minutes, all with the same 0x139 stop code. That signature points to hardware instability under load, not software.
Diagnosis changes nothing. These checks just read your system so the agent can reason about the real cause.
It reads Windows' own record of every unexpected shutdown and blue screen, then looks for a pattern — several crashes with the same signature aren't a coincidence.
Named toolsread_crash_historyget_reliability_history
It identifies your processor down to the model and stepping, and reads the firmware revision actually installed — the detail that reveals a known manufacturer defect.
Named toolsget_system_infoget_cpu_microcode
It checks whether your drives are physically healthy, so you know if your files are at risk before anything else.
Named toolsget_disk_healthget_smart_details
It checks whether Windows' own core files are intact — corruption here causes freezes and random errors. Both of these only look; neither repairs anything.
Named toolsrun_sfc_verifyscan_health_dism
It spots drivers that are actually failing (not just "outdated"), stopped services, and updates that never finished installing.
Named toolslist_driver_problemsget_services_statusget_windows_update_status
It looks your exact component up in Fixato's own curated directory of acknowledged manufacturer defects and recalls. That's the step that turns a stop code into a named cause — and sometimes into a warranty claim.
Named toollookup_known_issue
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.
This is what sets Fixato apart from a “cleaner.” A repeating signature isn't random. In one real session, a cluster of 0x139 stops on an Intel Core i9-14900KF matched a manufacturer-acknowledged instability defect — so Fixato named it and pointed to the real fix.
Nothing below runs until you confirm it, and each of these repairs creates a system restore point before it changes anything. Each is a specific, audited action — not an open door to your system. The last card isn't a repair at all: it's Fixato walking you through something only you can do.
Rebuilds the damaged core files that cause freezes, crashes and errors that won't go away.
Named toolsrun_sfc_scannowrestore_health_dism
Installs the signed driver Windows Update offers for a device Windows reports as in error — never a downgrade, never a generic driver in place of your manufacturer's.
Named toolupdate_drivers
Fixes a connection that drops or won't come back by rebuilding the parts of Windows that handle networking.
Named toolreset_network_stack
Clears the update components that jam when a download half-finishes, so the updates you're missing can install.
Named toolreset_windows_update
When the real fix is a BIOS or microcode update, or a warranty claim, Fixato names it and walks you through it. It does not flash your firmware — nobody should let software do that unattended, and we don't build the tool that would.
Named toolslookup_known_issueget_cpu_microcodeGuided, not automated
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.
A restore point is created before any change (or the repair is blocked), you approve each action, and everything is logged on your machine. See the full picture on security & safety.
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