The Windows Event Viewer in one of the most useful, yet most under used features of the operating system. Accessed by typing event into the Start Menu search box, or through the Computer Management Console it logs everything that happens in the OS, including warnings, errors and critical failures (sudden power losses or immediate restarts [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Analyse The Boot And Shutdown Performance of Windows
Speed seems to be something that Microsoft intends to improve further in Windows 8. Especially the boot performance will be noticeably faster, according to reports. While I cannot really say if that is true or not, considering that there are no official versions of the operating system available, I can show you how you can [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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Adding Actions to Events in the Windows Event Viewer
I’ve written about hundreds of Windows 7 troubleshooting tips in my book Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out but one of the most useful tips, at least for business customers, is how you can add actions to events in Windows. Why would you want to do this? You can commonly find that drivers, services or software in Windows [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows Event Viewer Plus
Most Windows users shy away from the powerful Event log thinking that it is to complex and complicated to be of use. The Windows Event Viewer on the other hand can reveal information about errors or alerts that would otherwise be hard to come by, if at all possible. Windows Event Viewer Plus was recently [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Acronis Drive Monitor, Monitor Hard Drives For Critical Events
Keeping an eye on the hard drives of a computer system ensures to receive notifications about imminent drive errors or other critical events that may affect the data on those devices. Modern hard drives usually support the SMART technology, which software can use to display information about a drive’s health. Acronis Drive Monitor is a [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Analyzing Windows Shutdown Performance
Windows Shutdown usually takes only a matter of seconds before the computer shuts down. It can take longer if commands or applications are executed at shutdown – like cleaning temporary files or the pagefile – or if a driver or program does not respond properly to the shutdown command. One of the better additions of [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Event Log Explorer
The Event Viewer is a great way to diagnose system problems in Windows. You can access the build in Event Viewer by clicking on Computer Management in the Administrative Tools section of the Control Panel. Events are sorted by type, date, source, event id and other variables. The main problem of the default Event Viewer [...]