Microsoft has worked hard to add many inbuilt troubleshooting methods to Windows 10. There is one for almost every standard error. The team has also added Recommended Troubleshooting, which allows Windows 11/10 to fix many critical problems on your device automatically. In this post, we will learn how to turn on or off Recommended Troubleshooting in Windows.
Turn off Recommended troubleshooting in Windows 11
To turn off Recommended troubleshooting in Windows 11:
- Open Settings > System > Troubleshoot
- Click on the link which says “Recommended troubleshooting preferences.”
- Here select Don’t run any.
That’s it! Recommended troubleshooting will be disabled.
Turn on or off Recommended troubleshooting in Windows 10
Microsoft Diagnostic & Feedback data offers two settings. Basic and Full. If you want to turn off recommended troubleshooting, the only way out is to stop it from collecting complete data from your computer. So, to turn it on or off, you can choose to switch between them.
- Navigate to Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback.
- Choose Basic under Diagnostics Data
- Go back to Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot.
You should now see a warning message which would say — Share Full Diagnostics data to get additional troubleshooting recommendations.
The message clearly states that Microsoft will only offer recommended troubleshooting based on the Full Diagnostic data which it collects. None of the advanced troubleshooting will make it to your computer.
Enable or Disable Recommended troubleshooting using Registry
If you are comfortable with the Registry or want to turn it on or off for remote computers, here are the changes you need to make.
Open the Registry Editor by typing regedit in the Run prompt and hit Enter.
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Check if you have WindowsMitigation key, if yes – good! If not, right-click the left pane, and create a new key with the name WindowsMitigation.
Now under that, create a DWORD UserPreference.
Double-click on UserPreference to edit the value. Set the Value to 1 (On) or 3(Off) and exit.
Restart your computer to see the changes.
How Recommended Troubleshooting works in Windows?
The functionality can look into the error logs sent back to the Microsoft team and use an algorithm to set up a solution for you. These are nothing but Diagnostics and Feedback data that Windows collects and sends back to the Microsoft team. The settings for these are available under Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback.
The recommendations are only visible when you are connected to the internet. Otherwise, they will leave a warning about them.
