Did you know that Microsoft includes a system reliability monitor in Windows Vista and Windows 7 that rates your computer’s reliability on a scale of 1 to 10? It shows you important details such as installations and uninstallations as well as program crashes, operating system crashes and more.
It’s easy to access and to use. You can learn a lot your computer and what, if anything, is causing problems on your system. Here’s how to see what your computer’s stability index is and learn more about your computer by using Windows Vista’s Reliability and Performance Monitor.
Click Start and type in Reliability at the bottom of the start menu. When it opens:
In Vista: click “Reliability Monitor” from the top of the search results on the left.
In Windows 7: click “View reliability history” from top of the search results on the left.
You’ll see a screen appear like the one below. You can expand the “System Stability Report” to see what applications are causing trouble with your computer, what hard drive devices are not working correctly and other important information. As you can see this Windows 7 laptop computer (one of TC’s) is not very reliable. Why? This is the computer on which TC tests the software we feature (or don’t feature). Constantly installing and uninstalling software isn’t conducive to good system reliability 
. Keep that in mind.
I had a 3.8 Now what do I do? Yikes!!
This was very interesting and I found some answers to problems I was having. It was easier to digest the info than I thought it was going to be!
Absolutely nothing comes up when I type reliability in search box
Thanks once again for your “show & tell” on this. I had no idea that Windows 7 had this feature. I just went to take a look & was pleased to see my computer is always close to 10. It could be that is because I use REimage and those folks are great!
I sure am glad you two are in my “corner” and continue to give me such fantastic advice!!