Many Windows Mail critical events in Reliability Monitor

Bob Hawkins

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I check Reliability Monitor from time to time. I was taken aback today to find Windows Mail creating a critical event and appearing as 'Stopped working' each day for the past six days. There are five listings on day one, five on day two, two on day three, one on day four, two on day five and two on day six. 'Check for a solution' provides no solution. I do have to close and reopen Windows Mail on some occasions when it is stuck at 'Connecting'. The second attempt usually results in Windows Mail receiving mail. That, however, has been a situation that I have lived with for a long time and I am unaware that it caused a critical event in the past. Now, it seems, a critical event is created each time I open Windows Mail. That, I can monitor now I know it is happening but I wondered whether anyone can throw more light on this matter.
Please move this to 'Performance and Maintenance' if more appropriate.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Winsows 8
Just to be clear do you mean the Windows 8 mail app or the old Windows mail from Vista times?
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro Prieview x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MacBook Pro Core2Duo
    CPU
    T7600
    Memory
    3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon X1600
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    Internal
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 800
    Hard Drives
    40GB
    Keyboard
    Apple
    Mouse
    Apple
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I see that I installed 13 Windows Updates on September 10th, recorded at 11.59 and 12.41. The first critical event occurred at 13.40 on that day, followed by four more. I have a System Restore point for 7th September. Should I not receive a reply that points to something else, I am inclined to invoke System Restore and install Windows Updates one by one with a suitable time between to see whether any is responsible.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Winsows 8
Don't worry about reliability monitor - it never gives any useful information or solutions.

I use Windows Live Mail also and have also found it hangs sometimes.

By all means restore - some people here have had problems with these updates (which always turn up on first Tuesday of the month). In my case they work. Even if you prove one is failing then you are still sort of stuck though - you'll have to install it eventually as it will be a pre-requisite for the next lot.

Up to you but if your mail works and the only problem is reliability monitor I'd ignore it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro Prieview x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MacBook Pro Core2Duo
    CPU
    T7600
    Memory
    3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon X1600
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Internal
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 800
    Hard Drives
    40GB
    Keyboard
    Apple
    Mouse
    Apple
    Internet Speed
    Varies
    Browser
    Various
    Antivirus
    Defender
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