Information about each critical event appears in the Source section below the timeline in Reliability Monitor. These denote critical events and immediately point to errors or incidents that are usually worth further investigation. There aren’t a lot of “white X in red circle” entries. Looking at Figure 2, you can see that this PC is pretty stable. The curve that traces from left to right shows a Stability Index of 10 from Aug. IDGįigure 2: Reliability Monitor’s main screen. Figure 2 shows a near-optimal Stability Index of 10 (perfect) on my production PC. However you invoke this tool, you’ll find it has lots of useful things to say. My personal favorite way to launch Reliability Monitor, after occasional struggles with Windows Search, is to type perfmon /rel into the search box or the command line. If you want to navigate to where this item resides in the Control Panel hierarchy, here’s the sequence of selections involved: Start > Control Panel > Security and Maintenance > View reliability history (under the Maintenance heading). (Click any image in this story to enlarge it.) IDGįigure 1: Type “reli” into the Start Menu, and you’ll see “View reliability history” straightaway. You can also click the Start button and then the Settings icon and search for reli to get the same menu option, as shown in Figure 1. Clicking that will open up the Reliability Monitor window. At the search box, if you type reli you’ll usually see an entry that reads “View reliability history” pop up in response. There are many ways to get to Reliability Monitor in Windows 10. But because Reliability Monitor zeros in and tracks a limited set of errors and changes on Windows desktops, it offers immediate value and diagnostic information to administrators and power users trying to puzzle their way through crashes, failures, hiccups and more. It’s actually a specialized subset of Windows’ longstanding general-purpose Performance Monitor tool (perfmon.exe). See the support article What Components Does the Intel Driver & Support Assistant (Intel DSA) Detect? for further information.Ħ4-bit Win 10 Pro v20H2 build 19042.1052 * Firefox v89.0.2 * Microsoft Defender v.5 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.4.0.The built-in Windows 10 Reliability Monitor is an often-overlooked troubleshooting gem. Just a side note that the Intel Driver & Support Assistant can detect updates for my Intel graphics driver and wireless network adapter but does not detect updates for chipsets (e.g., like my Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver). If the version number of the driver recommended by Driver Updater is identical to the version currently installed, see employee johnccleaner's 24- Jun-2021 post in New Drivers Are the Same Version as Existing Ones asking users to click the 'Learn More' buttons for these driver to see if the release dates of the recommended and currently installed driver differ. I've posted my personal opinion about this new Driver Updater bloatware and won't be surprised if reputable malware scanners like Malwarebytes start detecting CCleaner as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) soon. See StableUser's 1 Two Issues with Driver Updater and BenRiver's 1 Driver Update Caused BSD for just a few examples. There are multiple threads in this forum discussing problems with the new Driver Updater in CCleaner v5.828950, including installation of out-of-date drivers, or even worse, installation of drivers that cause a BSOD. So, for me, on my PC - for many years someone is "lying" or wrong. Then when I install driver updaters from the correct company (HP, Intel or NVIDIA) they say in absolute terms I do NOT need updates. They suggest drivers for products which are not theirs are outdated. This always happens with 3rd party driver updaters. I like CCleaner I am interested in understanding what is going on. Though everyone on the big public facing tech support forums seem to say these programs are not useful or outright scams. ALL say that CCleaner is lying, wrong or not functional as all my drivers are updated.Ĭan someone tell me as technical as possible why this happens? Then tell me in a way a regular human can understand it? I do not think CCleaner is intentionally lying to bait customers to use their product. But, I have windows, my HP updater and an updater from NVIDIA. I am using INTELS Updater - it says nothing needs changed.ĬCleaner is also telling me the same thing about my NVIDIA drivers. However, I have a program from my manufacture(HP Hewlt Pack), I have windows option to download optional updates and most importantly, I have an updater from the company CCleaner is suggesting are outdated. Whenever I ask on a big forum like Bleepingcomputers, TomsHardware or many others I am always told to never use Automatic driver updaters.ĬCleaner is telling me I have to update specific intel drivers.
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