How to Generate and View a System Health Report in Windows 8.1
Information
A System Diagnostics Report, also called a System Health Report, details the status of local hardware resources, system response times, and processes on the local computer along with system information and configuration data. This report includes suggestions for ways to maximize performance and streamline system operations. You can use this information to help track down any errors that may occur within your software or hardware.
This tutorial will show you how to view and generate a system health report in Windows 8.1.
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial.
This tutorial will show you how to view and generate a system health report in Windows 8.1.
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial.
Note
When the report is generated, you will see a list of: the status of any critical components on the computer, whether or not the problem has been detected, and any possible solutions you can try. This can be a very useful tool for troubleshooting problems and for a great source of information on your system.
Each category shown in the System Diagnostics Report can be expanded by clicking on the button on the far right. Categories include:
Each category shown in the System Diagnostics Report can be expanded by clicking on the button on the far right. Categories include:
- Diagnostic Results - Shows you warnings for errors and basic system checks, and gives a resource overview of performance.
- Software Configuration - Checks on the OS, Security Center, system services and data on start-up programs.
- Hardware Configuration - Checks on the disks, system, desktop rating (Windows Experience Index), BIOS, devices, interactive session processes, logged on users and user accounts.
- CPU - Includes checks and information on processor, CPU unit type, CPU interrupts, services and system.
- Network - Includes checks and information on outbound and inbound traffic.
- Disk - Includes checks and information on hot files (those causing the most disk IOs), disk breakdown, physical disk and NTFS performance.
- Memory - Includes checks and information on process and counters.
OPTION ONE
To Generate a System Health Report in Windows 8.1
1. Press the :winkey: + R keys to open the Run dialog, type perfmon, and click/tap on OK.
2. If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.
3. In the left pane of Performance Monitor, click/tap on Data Collector Sets to expand it, click/tap on System to expand it, right click on System Diagnostics, and click on Start. (see screenshot below)
4. It will collect data for 60 seconds before the system diagnostics report will be ready to view in step 3 of OPTION TWO below.
OPTION TWO
To View System Health Reports in Windows 8.1
1. Press the :winkey: + R keys to open the Run dialog, type perfmon, and click/tap on OK.
2. If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.
3. In the left pane of Performance Monitor, click/tap on Reports to expand it, click/tap on System to expand it, click/tap on System Diagnostics to expand it, and click/tap on a listed dated report (ex: BRINK-PC_20140816-000001) that you want to view. (see screenshot below)
Tip
If you like, you can delete a system diagnostics report by right clicking on a listed report, click on Delete, and click on Yes to confirm.
Tip
That's it,
Shawn
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