Management features new to Windows Vista: Difference between revisions

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* Resource Exhaustion Prevention can detect when memory is low and determine which applications are causing this. A [[memory leak]] diagnostic can provide information about application that may have memory leaks.<ref name="REP">{{cite web |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc774730%28v=ws.10%29.aspx |title=Resource Exhaustion Prevention |date=December 6, 2007 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[Microsoft TechNet|TechNet]] |access-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref>

* [[Resource Monitor|Performance Monitor]] includes several new [[Performance Monitoring Counter|performance counters]] and various tools for tuning and monitoring system performance and resources. It shows the activities of the CPU, disk I/O, network, memory and other resources in the "Resource View". It supports new graph types, the selection of multiple counters, the retrieval of counter values from a point on the graph, the saving of graphed counter values to a log file, and the option to have a line graph continuously scroll in the graph window instead of wrapping-around on itself.

** When run from an elevated command prompt, the <code>perfmon /report</code> command and parameter produce a comprehensive ''System Diagnostics Report'' complete with details such as hard disk throughout and Wi-Fi performance.<ref name="PerfmonReport">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/05/02/two-minute-drill-system-diagnostics-report.aspx |title=Two Minute Drill: System Diagnostics Report |last=Morrison |first=Blake |date=May 2, 2008 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[Microsoft TechNet]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105224137/http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/05/02/two-minute-drill-system-diagnostics-report.aspx |archive-date=November 155, 2015 |access-date=December 2, 2015}}</ref>

* When users attach an external storage device with potential file system errors, the user will be prompted to scan for and fix the file system corruption (''Do you want to scan and fix Removable Disk?'').

* When Windows is rebooted after an unexpected shutdown (such as those caused by a [[blue screen of death]]), the user is informed that the shutdown was unexpected (''Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown'') and is provided an option to report the incident to Microsoft for problem analysis and resolution.