View a Brief List of Windows 10's Recent Problems
By Stephen Bucaro
To study a complete list of Windows problems, you could access the Event Viewer, but
Event Viewers report is complicated and is designed for experienced technicians.
However, you can view a brief list of your computer's recent problems.
1. Right-click on the Start menu button to open the Administrative Tools menu.
Note: Sometimes administrators disable right-click on the Start menu because they
don't want users messing with a systems configuration. If that's the case, you'll have to
find another way to access Control Panel.
2. In the Administrative Tools menu click on Control Panel.
3. In Control Panel click on the Security and Maintenance icon.
4. On the Security and Maintenance page, in the upper-right corner Search
box, type in "problem" and in the menu that appears click on View all problem reports.
In this Brief List of Recent Problems you can right-click on a problem in the list and
in the popup menu that appears select View technical details to see a report of the
technical details of the problem (which only a few experienced technicians will understand).
If one of the sources in the list has caused more that two recent problems, there will
be a More link at the bottom of the list of two items. Click on that link to view
more problems reported by that source.
While you,re on the "problem" menu page, why not click on View reliability history.
This will bring up a chart of your computer's problems over the last month. A red X icon
on the report marks a critical event, like an application that crashed. You can click on
the icon to get more details.
A A yellow ! icon represents a warning. like an application that stopped responding. You can
click on the icon to get more details. A blue (i) icon indicates information about an event
that completed successfully.
The Problem Report and the reliability history chart give you some information
about your computer's problems without the overwhelming detail provided by other tools such
as Event Viewer.
More Windows Administration Information:
• Installing a Local Printer on Windows Vista
• Synchronize Your PC's Clock with an Internet Time Server
• Hard Disk Management
• How to Block Unwanted Websites with Your Netgear Router
• Defend Your Business with a Firewall
• Disable Programs That Run at Startup on Windows 10
• Configuring Windows as a NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server
• Computer Technician's Guide to Electronics Disposal and Recycling
• PC Technician Certifications and Professional Organizations
• Script to Display the Processes Running on a Computer
| 
About BTH
User Agreement
Privacy
Site Map
Contact
News Feeds
RSS Feed
Follow @Stephen Bucaro
Windows Troubleshooting
