Any software that can take a system snapshot before and after a problem?

[jasonlt84]

Hi all,

Are there any tools that can take a user-friendly snapshot of the system - running processes, programs, etc - and then when something goes wrong, take another snapshot and compare?

Say for instance I know that randomly my audio stops working. I could then see what changed after my audio stopped working to identify what could have changed to cause the problem.

Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

Hi all,

Are there any tools that can take a user-friendly snapshot of the system - running processes, programs, etc - and then when something goes wrong, take another snapshot and compare?

Say for instance I know that randomly my audio stops working. I could then see what changed after my audio stopped working to identify what could have changed to cause the problem.

Thanks!

This is what the Event Viewer is for.
It doesn't take a snapshot of 'before' (how is it supposed to know when?), but this is where you find all the error messages.