Understanding the startup and shutdown history of your Windows computer can be crucial for troubleshooting, security, and general system maintenance. Here’s how you can access and analyze this ...

Windows boots quickly -- but only directly after a new installation. Read which tools measure the boot time, why Windows is getting slower and slower, and, above all, what you can do about it.

And a shutdown issue takes a lot of the fun out of getting up and leaving your PC. In this Answer Line installment, I address three reader questions about common Windows startup and shutdown problems.

I have an odd problem when booting windows XP, I haven't been able to isolate it yet. There's no hardware boot problem, and I get into windows every time. The symptoms occura little less than 50% ...

Windows XP users have the convenience of choosing preferred programs and applications for the computer's startup process. Many native Windows components automatically start up. Additionally, you ...

You aren't losing it, you really did tell Windows to shut down. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Have you ever seen the ...

See PC Startup and Shutdown History 1] View shutdown and restart events from Event Viewer. Open the Run dialogue box and input eventvwr.msc then hit OK.In Event Viewer, select Windows Logs ...