How To: Resolve Issues in Event Viewer on your Local Machine.

Application issues can be the culprit behind slow performance on a computer. In this article, we're going to work towards resolving one of them.

Step 1: Right click the start button

Step 2: Click "Computer Management"

Step 3: Expand "Event Viewer"

Step 4: Expand "Windows Logs"

Step 5: Click "Application"

Step 6: Scroll down the list until you find an error (indicated by a red circle over an explanation point next to the level).

Step 7: Click the error.

Step 8: Click "Details"

Step 9: Expand "System"

Step 10: Scroll & Record "ProcessID"

Step 11: Open Task Manager (Press ctrl + shift + esc)

Step 12: Right click the column headers

Step 13: Click PID

Step 14: Scroll until you see a PID that matches the ProcessID you gathered earlier and record the name of the program causing the error.

Step 15: Go Back to Event Viewer

Step 16: Click the general tab and record the description.

Step 17: Google it. Don't just settle for AI answers. Read the forums too.