Let’s learn the process how to check Reliability History in Windows 11. The Reliability History is viewed under the Reliability Monitor. The Reliability Monitor snap-in for Microsoft Management Console (MMC) provides a system stability overview and details about events that impact reliability. It calculates the Stability Index shown in the System Stability Chart over the lifetime of the system.
The Reliability Monitor provides a system stability overview and details about events that impact reliability. It calculates the Stability Index shown in the System Stability Chart. Reliability Monitor maintains up to a year of history for system stability and reliability events. The System Stability Chart displays a rolling graph organized by date.
The top half of the System Stability Chart displays a graph of the Stability Index. In the lower half of the chart, five rows track Reliability Events that either contribute to the stability measurement for the system or provide related information about software installation and removal. When one or more Reliability Events of each type are detected, an icon appears in the column for that date. Click on the link to know some Easy Methods to Check Hardware Specifications on Windows 11.
For Software Installs and Uninstalls, an Information icon indicates a successful event of that type occurred, or a Warning icon indicates a failure of that type occurred. For all other Reliability Event types, an Error icon indicates a failure of that type occurred. If more than 30 days of data are available, you can use the scroll bar at the bottom of the System Stability Chart to find dates outside the visible range.
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Process to Find Reliability History
The Reliability Events recorded in the System Stability Report. Significant changes to the system time are tracked under System Clock Changes. Software installations and removals including operating system components, Windows updates, drivers, and applications are tracked under Software (Un)Installs. Application failures, including the termination of a non-responding application or an application that has stopped working, are tracked under Application Failures.
Disk and Memory failures are tracked under Hardware Failures. Operating System and Boot Failures are tracked under Windows Failure. Failures that impact stability and do not fall under previous categories are tracked under Miscellaneous Failures, including unexpected operating system shutdowns. Using Control Panel user can check the Reliability History.
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Control Panel Settings
To check the Reliability History open control panel by typing control panel in the search bar on the Taskbar. Then click on the appropriate option as indicated in the figure below.
When the Control Panel window opens, under Adjust your computer’s settings choose the System and Security option (which helps to Review your computer’s status, save backup compies of your files with File History and Backup and Restore Windows 7).
Under the System and Security option there are some other settings are available. Choose the Security and Maintenance setting from the list (which review our computer’s status and resolve issues, Change user account control settings and troubleshoot common computer problems).
When you enter into the Security and Maintenance window, then click on the Arrow mark besides the Maintenance to expand it. Now click on View reliability history to get the detailed report as shown in the figure below.
Now it takes few seconds to generate the reliablity and problem history. The stability index assesses your system’s overall stability on a scale from 1 to 10. By selection a specific period in time, you may review the specific hardware and software problems that have impacted your system.
In the figure below the point 1 indicates the representation of application failures, Windows failures, Miscellaneous failures, Warnings, informaiton etc days or weeks wise as selected by the user. The point 2 indicates the failures occures during the time period. And when you click on point 3 it will represent all problem reports.
When user clicks on the View all problem reports as shown in the image above. The next window appers the Review problems reports where you can view problem reports that can be reported to Microsoft. Here you can see the application under Source, Summary of that application, date & time and the status report for the same application. After resolving or gathering the reports user can easily erase the reports by clicking on Clear all problem reports button below.
When you are on the Review your computer’s reliability and problem history window, click on any specific failures as shown in red and yellow images to get the reliability details. After clicking the critical events shown below the report. Now click on the view technical details button the know the details of the critical event.
When you click on the View technical details next window opens and shows the the critical event, the details of the problem along with the date and time when it occures. And also a description is available for the selected critical event.
Based on data collected over the lifetime of the system, each date in the System Stability Chart includes a graph point showing that day’s System Stability Index rating. The System Stability Index is a number from 1 (least stable) to 10 (most stable) and is a weighted measurement derived from the number of specified failures seen over a rolling historical period. Reliability Events in the System Stability Report describe the specific failures. For more information about interpreting the System Stability report.
- Recent failures are weighted more heavily than past failures, allowing an improvement over time to be reflected in an ascending System Stability Index once a reliability issue has been resolved.
- Days when the system is powered off or in a sleep state are not used when calculating the System Stability Index.
- If there is not enough data to calculate a steady System Stability Index, the graphed line will be dotted. When enough data has been recorded to generate a steady System Stability Index, the graphed line will be solid.
- If there are any significant changes to the system time, an Information icon will appear on the graph for each day on which the system time was adjusted
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Sources
- Understanding the System Stability Index
- Using Reliability Monitor
- Use Reliability Monitor to Troubleshoot
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