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Windows NT diagnostic tools
23 July 2004 Profile XP Service Manual 153
Windows NT diagnostic tools
The Windows NT diagnostics and event viewer are found by clicking
Start | Programs | Administrative Tools . The registry editor must be accessed from
the File | Run menu in the Windows NT diagnostics.
Windows NT diagnostics
This utility provides administrators with information on the operating system version,
application-server hardware, memory, drivers, services, IRQs, network, and disk
drives, as well as access to Event Viewer, Registry Editor, and Disk Administrator
(with the
File | Run
menu). You can even print out some of this info as reports.
Here is a brief description of each of the tabs in the Windows NT diagnostics window:
Version
shows operating system and hardware information, such as the number and
type of processors.
System displays more details about the computer, including the type of processor
BIOS, and Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL).
Resources
shows information about system resources such as IRQs, I/O ports, DMA
channels and memory addresses.
Environment
displays system and user environment settings
Drives
displays information about the disks connected to the computer, the partitions
on hard drives, and network share.
Memory
shows information about physical memory and the page file.
Display
describes the video display and its driver.
Services
shows the status of all services and devices. The same information is
displayed in the Control Panel, Services & Devices programs, but more detail is
shown here.
Network
displays information about the network, including network statistics.
Event viewer
Event viewer is used to record and view Windows NT events. An event is any
significant occurrence in the system or in an application that warrants notification of
the user. For critical events, Windows NT can notify users with an alert on the screen.
For non-critical events that do not require immediate attention, Windows NT can add
information to an event log file. Event logs can be viewed in real time or can be saved
for later analysis. Event viewer is the single facility for logging events by system and
Windows-based applications.
Refer to the on-line Help system for detailed information about the Event viewer.
The event logs
Event viewer provides access to three log files under the
Log
menu.
The System Log records all events relating to the operating system, device drivers, and
services. For example, if a driver or system component fails to load on booting, this
generates an event in the log.