Windows includes a built-in tool that can help you spot correlations between recent changes and current system problems. Here's how to use it. Countless times, family and friends have asked me to ...

I get a lot of questions about useful Windows 10 utilities. One of my favorites is also one that I don’t see mentioned nearly often enough: Reliability Monitor. RelMon (as it’s known in some circles) ...

Use built-in Windows tools like the Troubleshooter to fix common problems on your computer. You can check your memory with the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool to solve lagging issues. Tools like ...

In Part 1, I mentioned that the Windows Reliability Monitor was reporting a hardware problem on my Surface Book 2 machine. In this installment, I will show you exactly what the Reliability Monitor ...

Personal computers used to be the domain of hobbyists, who had no problem rolling up their sleeves and diving into debuggers to figure out why something wasn't working as expected. Also: Yes, you can ...

This post shows how to clear Problem Reports generated by Reliability Monitor in Windows 11/10. Windows Reliability Monitor in Windows is a built-in tool that can be used for checking system errors, ...

Paul Thurrott has an interesting post up about a feature I wasn't aware existed in Windows Vista: the Reliability Monitor. Like its predecessor in Windows XP and previous OS versions, the Reliability ...

If you are a Windows user, you likely know about the Task Manager, Control Panel, and Settings app, but did you realize that numerous power utilities are hidden under the hood on Windows? These lesser ...

Who doesn't like an operating system who's willing to admit when it goes wrong - and make pretty graphs of those wrongs? The How-To Geek describes how Windows Vista's Reliability Monitor tracks your ...

Microsoft is known for listening to feedback from its users. However, the requirement for a native Windows network speed monitor was neglected for a while and was even missing from the tech giant’s ...

I've been running various builds of Windows 7 on a number of systems here at the lab since December of last year. Over time, Windows 7 became my default OS on several systems that are in daily use.