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Review your computer's reliability and problem history

By Johan van Soest.

Published : 2014-01-29.

Last updated : 2019-07-26.

Do you want a quick overview of your Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 computer's stability?
Reliability Monitor is an advanced tool that measures hardware and software problems and other changes to your computer. It provides a stability index that ranges from 1 (the least stable) to 10 (the most stable). You can use the index to help evaluate the reliability of your computer. Any change you make to your computer or problem that occurs on your computer affects the stability index.
The Reliability Monitor is intended for advanced computer users, such as software developers and network administrators.

The Reliability monitor is also available in Windows 2008r2 and newer (Windows 2012 r2, 2016).
Just enable the task RacTask in the Windows Task scheduler. The location is:
Task Schedule Library | Microsoft | Windows | RAC
Now enable the Trigger "One time"
Read more here.

Where can I find the Reliability Monitor?

Click the start button and type in the "Search programs and files" input box "Reliability" and click on the application "View reliability history". This shows you a scrollable (selectable) view of multiple days or weeks.
Image of the Reliability Monitor

Below the graph you can see the detail information of the events that are shown in the selected week or day in the graph. The program can provide you with links to more technical information about the reliability reducing event or to a website for a solution

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