Skip to main content

Windows memory (RAM) testing tool from Microsoft

RAM (Random Access Memory) is one of the most problematic components in a computer. For example shut down or rebooting while booting, unexpected restart, disappearing applications, operating system doesn’t install, no display, etc may happen because of memory problems. if you have experienced any such problems while running your Windows operating system, you can use Windows memory diagnostic tool to test it. The Windows Memory Diagnostic tool includes a comprehensive set of memory tests and determines whether the problems are caused by failing hardware, such as RAM or the memory system of your motherboard
The application FREE and is designed to be easy and fast. On most configurations, you can download the diagnostic, read the documentation, before running the software and run the test. To run Windows Memory Diagnostic, you must reboot your computer with the disk or CD-ROM on which you installed Windows Memory Diagnostic in the drive. After the reboot, Windows Memory Diagnostic will load and its interface will appear.
After loading, the first test pass will begin, using the default standard test suite, and continue until complete, unless Windows Memory Diagnostic is either paused or exited. Once the first test pass is complete, Windows Memory Diagnostic will begin a second test pass using the same settings as before. Windows Memory Diagnostic will continue to run test passes until you exit.[via – askvg]
Download Memory diagnostic tool
Labels:

Comments

  1. Anonymous5:21 PM, September 08, 2008

    I think it is little bit inconviniant to use. Please let me know the installation procedure

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anonymous8:26 PM, September 08, 2008

    Read their documentation for full details. You can't install it on your PC,need to create a bootable cd to operate it. If you can follow the documentation provided, it is quite easy to use - JK

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Please leave your valuable comment below

Popular posts from this blog

Surf the Web Anonymously With Firefox Add-on Phproxy

There are several web based proxy servers available to surf the internet anonymously or as from another country. The Firefox add-on (Firefox 3 – 4) Phzilla helps you view a webpage or surf the internet using the PHProxy (a type of web based proxy server) proxy servers. It is very easy and convenient to use.
2 comments
Read more

Restore Lost Capacity Of Your USB Flash Drive (How to)

Some malware can hide full capacity of your USB flash drive. For example, a 4GB pen drive sometimes shows only 500kb or less. An interesting part of this situation is that, even after removing the malware or formatting the USB flash drive, you will not get back its original capacity. Therefore, the question here is how to restore a USB flash drive to its full capacity.
58 comments
Read more

Disable automatic Meta refresh/redirect of websites in browser for security reasons[how to]

Generally speaking, Meta refresh is a method used by some websites to instruct a web browser to automatically refresh/redirect the current web page after a given time interval. You can see this type of refresh/redirect especially in media sites. This is some times annoying or can be used for malicious purposes by redirecting you to a malicious site. If you don’t like this feature, you can disable this in your browser. Here is how to disable this in Internet Explore/Chrome, Firefox and Opera. Internet Explorer: Go to Tools - Internet options - Security tab - Custom Level button - Miscellaneous category - set "Allow Meta refresh" to Disable. Firefox: Go to Tools - Options - Advanced - General - Accessibility and tick the option next to ‘Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page’. Alternatively you can use extension RefreshBlocker . Opera: Go to Preferences - Advanced - Network and uncheck "Enable automatic redirection".
10 comments
Read more