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The Reliability Monitor

This facility is designed to track down any malfunctions that may be occurring within your Windows 7 computer system. It pinpoints any problems you may be having and it also helps you to fix them right away. When you run the Reliability Monitor, it throws up a graph of all your software installs, & uninstalls also any errors that have been recorded within those programs.

To start the Reliability Monitor application:- Start > Search in the box type without the quotes “reliability”. In Windows 7, click on the View Reliability History link that comes up in your search. This brings up a window of the Reliability Monitor.

When open, you will see your Reliability Index value shown in a graph. That value is set, based on how smoothly your operating system runs on your computer. It commences at 10, however, it can decrease, depending on everything you have on your system. For example, if you try to install some older programs onto your computer, they might end up crashing if they cannot be supported. And in consequence the value will go down.

The Reliability Index is updated daily. Which allows you to check at any time you wish This allows you to take action against those applications which continually cause problems. If you are not able to fix them, you may have to remove them from your computer completely. This is a sad choice but one you must take if you wish your computer to run at its full capability.

The Reliability Monitor does try to give you some tips on getting your problems fixed. Whenever it finds a malfunction on your computer, the Reliability Monitor will record the date on which it happened and it will give you examples of the events that led up to the point of when the problem actually started. All of that information will be displayed in the System Stability Chart within the Reliability Monitor application. The errors are then marked with a red circle with a small "x" inside.

For example, if your computer crashed, you can go back through your report and see what might have caused it to happen. Often times, things that happened a earlier can be the reason for a persistent problem.  