{"id":160,"date":"2013-02-12T22:50:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T22:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-olio.com\/cknow\/cms\/?p=160"},"modified":"2013-02-12T22:50:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T22:50:56","slug":"microsoft-automated-troubleshooting-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cknow.com\/cms\/blog\/microsoft-automated-troubleshooting-services.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This may not be new to some but I suspect many avoid the Microsoft site when having problems with Windows in fear of being charged or not being able to easily find an answer.<\/p>\n<p>In so doing, you may be ignoring some valuable resources for problem solving. 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