NET Framework, most games on Steam do too.
To the best of my knowledge, Skype and League of Legends require some version of the. Depending on the error maybe he is just looking at a bad network driver? registry issues, system file, service or component issues.ĭoes he have issues with all third-party applications or just selected ones? For example all the applications you mentioned have some interaction over the network. However, unless you use one of the first options (factory restore, re-installation) any issues deeper in the system will persist e.g. You can somewhat get close to a clean state by uninstalling all third party software, running CCleaners registry cleaning and then creating a new user and delete the old one. You could try restoring the oldest system restore point available but most of the time this will be long after Windows has been run for the first time. You either need a Windows 7 installation DVD, a recovery disk or recovery partition to do a full 'reset' (restore or re-installation) of the system.