Windows Vista has a neat feature that allows you to see how well it has been functioning over time.

When you first get your Vista system your rating is 10, the highest rating, and from there it may fluctuate down depending on system problems. The tools usefulness is that you can track a trend of poor ratings back to a particular day. This day could have been the day you downloaded or installed malware or screwy drivers.

Using this tool together with others like the Event Viewer can help you find what ails your computer.

To open the reliability monitor:

click start
right click computer
click manage
click Reliability and Performance Monitor
click Reliability Monitor

Avoid a computer fix and check back often.

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