Troubleshooting Windows Using Stability Monitor

Illustration 1: Input “stability” in the Start menu search bar, and locate “Inspect stability history” on the right side.

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Illustration 1: Input “stability” in the Start menu search bar, and locate “Inspect stability history” on the right side.

Illustration 2: The key StabilityMon interface, depicting stability levels ranging from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) between May 9 and May 28. Notable glitches are marked on May 14 and 18.

Illustration 3: The highlighted entry (May 23) indicates a hardware fault in Windows; additional faults occurred on May 16, 19, 20, and 25. Yikes!

Illustration 4: Details related to this somewhat generic “Hardware fault” are mainly found in the Bucket ID section. In many cases, the Problem Event Name and Code sections provide valuable details.

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