Set 3 - Windows Performance & Freezes

What should you clarify before checking performance?

Symptom, scope, timing, recent changes.

What 4 things should you ask about a system freeze?

Which PC, what happened, how often, how many PCs.

What should you check first for high CPU?

Task Manager; sort by CPU usage.

What is Task Manager mainly used for?

Processes and current CPU, memory, disk, network use.

What does Resource Monitor do?

Detailed CPU, memory, disk, and network activity.

What command opens Resource Monitor?

resmon

What is Event Viewer useful for in performance cases?

System/Application errors near the problem time.

What command generates a System Diagnostics report?

perfmon /report

What does Performance Monitor do?

Tracks performance counters now or over time.

If memory use keeps increasing, what might you suspect?

A process or service memory leak.

If disk usage is very high, what should you identify first?

Which process is causing heavy disk activity.

If a PC is currently frozen, what can you test?

Ping, remote access, Ctrl+Alt+Delete, admin tools.

If the PC froze but recovered, what should you inspect?

System/Application logs and a performance report.

What can a memory dump help diagnose?

What the system was doing when it froze or crashed.

What if basic freeze checks do not reveal the cause?

Collect performance logs or a memory dump.

What is the core performance troubleshooting flow?

Measure resources, find bottleneck, isolate cause.