Your desktop computer comes with several sophisticated diagnostic programs. Technicians use these tools to find the causes of erratic behavior in the computer, slow operation and other problems. These ...

Computers have (happily) advanced to the point where we spend more time getting work done on them than we do fixing them, you still occasionally need a solid diagnostic tool. What tools do you use to ...

The HP PC Hardware Diagnostics is a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) that provides diagnostic tests to see if your PC hardware is working properly, by isolating hardware failures. After ...

Checking the tech specs can be handy when replacing a hardware component or troubleshooting a problem, and this guide will ...

Eset SysInspector is a free, state-of-the-art diagnostic tool for Windows systems. It is a convenient utility for the toolbox of every IT expert and first responder. Eset SysInspector diagnostic tool ...

Fix It Solution Center adds tools for testing the security and performance of Windows, Internet Explorer, Office apps, Windows Media Player--even Xbox and Zune. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about ...

Your PC isn't working. It crashes every time you open a game, or it inexplicably falls to a BSOD when you're doing just about anything. Maybe it's your RAM? No, it has to be your GPU. Or maybe it's ...

The Vista Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool is a program that you can use to run various tests on the physical memory installed on your computer. When memory in a computer starts to fail, your computer ...

Is your PC healthy? Don’t be too sure. Think back to when you heard a kerklunk sound coming from the hard drive. Or maybe you remember the last time your Internet connection was down (and I don’t mean ...

Last week we asked you to share your favorite diagnostic tool for getting to the bottom of your computer woes. We rounded up the top five nominations and put them to a vote. Now we're back with the ...