Since Vista, Windows includes a Reliability Checker that allows you to gain insight into the stability of your system. Here we will discuss how you can use this tool in Windows 10 to optimize your computer.
What is Reliability Checking?
Reliability Checker is a tool that is not so easy to find, but it contains a lot of useful information about your computer's performance. This information can help diagnose and also fix computer problems. You can find this tool by in Control Panel >System and Security >Security and Maintenance on Maintenance clicking and below To solutions for reported problems on View reliability history to click. Also read: 13 tips for Windows 10.
Reliability Monitor tracks five types of information: application errors when, for example, a program crashes, Windows errors, other errors such as with peripherals, warnings, and general information.
Your system's stability is measured over a longer period of time, so the fewer errors that occur, the higher the stability index. This index ranges from 1 (very unstable) to 10 (very stable).
Although the tool keeps track of five different types of information, only three categories are displayed, all items are listed in chronological order within the category. Critical Events contains application errors, Windows errors, and other errors. Warnings are all error messages and warnings. Informational events are all information messages such as, for example, when an update has been installed successfully.
The information is saved in an internal file format, but you can also export it as an XMB file by clicking Save reliability history to click.
Resolving problems
Next to certain notifications, such as the critical event in the screenshot, is Searching for a solution. When you click that, Windows will try to find a solution for that particular problem. In addition, you can view technical details about informational events, so you can see exactly what is happening or installed on your system.
Troubleshooting isn't always possible, but at least the Reliability Checker provides an overview of what's been happening on your computer. Maybe you didn't notice how often a certain program actually crashes, and you can now look for a more stable alternative. Or maybe you suddenly see a pattern that you had previously missed, such as a certain type of crash after a certain type of update.
Reliability Checking is useful for identifying the cause of a problem, often making it easier to find a solution.
