Saturday, December 22, 2007

Operating Systems: Utilities to view Operating System Errors

Which utility would you use to view errors reported by operating system components?
1. Event Viewer Application log
2. System Information
3. System Monitor
4. >>Event Viewer System log

Explanation : Errors, warnings, and informational messages generated by the operating system components are viewed through the Event Viewer System log.
You would not use the System Monitor to view operating system error messages. System Monitor is used to monitor real-time performance of system components, operating system processes, and applications.
You would not use System Information. The System Information utility provides a lot of information about installed hardware and software. But it does not list error messages generated by operating system components.
You would not use the Event Viewer Application log to look for errors logged by operating system components. Applications log errors, warnings, and informational messages appear in the Application log.
Objective: Operating Systems