Comments on: How To Check Your PC’s Reliability Score

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:15:02 +0000

Darn, I meant “Thanks”

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:14:04 +0000

In reply to Jim Hillier. Cos, Jim. I will do that.

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:56:10 +0000

In reply to Harry. Hey Harry, We would need more information about your setup: What is the make and model of your CPU (processor)? What RAM is installed- 4GB, 8GB, 16GB? Have you tried running Task Manager while that infernal green progress line is crawling across? Task Manager will show you what processes are consuming resources- CPU, RAM, and disk. We can provide more help over on the Forum. The Forum is a far better medium for helping with these types of issues. You can post screenshots on the forum, so we can see exactly what's going on.

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:05:17 +0000

In reply to Harry. Question about the hated green bar that painfully crawls from left to right when I open a folder in Windows 10. Maybe, I can find the answer from the meeting of minds here, though I have been scouring the web for months, to no avail. I did run the Search troubleshooter and rebuilt the index, unsuccessfully, and tried many of the recommended remedies on the Web, turning out to be futile. How can I fix this absolutely infuriating evil PERMANENTLY?

By: James Meyer

James Meyer — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 23:36:50 +0000

Awesome Info…ty

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:37:15 +0000

In reply to Harry. You are most welcome Harry. I'm happy to hear it helped.

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:34:18 +0000

Jim, you saved my sanity. For weeks, or even months, my window file explorer was so bloody slow – that hated green bar kept crawling, teaching me patience! I looked up every remedy on the web but none of them mentioned the right one. Today, I used your Reliability Monitor advice and found out that the Search function has been on the blink. Ran the troubleshooter, and I am off to the races! Thank you.

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:59:12 +0000

Thanks, Jim. This is why I like your newsletter.

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:32:31 +0000

In reply to Nicke. Hey Nicke, Critical events are not good but, as long as the same critical event is not repeating on a regular basis, nothing to be overly concerned about. Especially if your system is otherwise performing fine.

By: Nicke

Nicke — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:34:57 +0000

Thanks for pointing out another feature I never knew existed. I’d like to send you a picture of the results I got, but since it appears that is out of the question, permit me to say the blue line across the top is similar to a 3 year old with a blue pen.
First error I see back on the 22nd of December 2025 shows “Critical events” and it says “Intel(R)Innovation Platform Fram… stopped working.” Beneath that, it has all to do with successful Windows updates.
If you had got a reading starting out like that, would you say that was good, bad or ugly?

By: Reg Watson

Reg Watson — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:03:49 +0000

Thanks Jim
Now we just need a “Reliability Monitor” for Microsoft Windows 11 Updates !
Cheers
Reg