How to Read Memory Diagnostics Tool Results in Event Viewer in Windows 10
Memory problems can cause your PC to lose information or stop working. Windows 10 includes the Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool to help you identify and diagnose problems with memory when you suspect a PC has a memory problem that isn’t being automatically detected.
This tutorial will show you how to read the Event Viewer log for Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool test results in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Contents
- Option One: Read Memory Diagnostics Tool Results in Event Viewer
- Option Two: Read Memory Diagnostics Tool Results in Command Prompt
1 Press the Win + R keys to open Run, type eventvwr.msc into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Event Viewer.
2 In the left pane of Event Viewer, expand open Windows Logs, click/tap on System, right click or press and hold on System, and click/tap on Find. (see screenshot below)
3 Type MemoryDiagnostics-Results into the Find dialog, and click/tap on Find Next. (see screenshot below)
4 You will see the test results of a selected MemoryDiagnostics-Results at the bottom of the middle pane in Event Viewer. If you like, you can click/tap on Find Next again to see the test results for another date and time a Windows Memory Diagnostics test was ran. (see screenshot below)
If there were no other MemoryDiagnostics-Results found, click/tap on OK.
5 When finished, you can close Event Viewer if you like.
1 Open a command prompt.
2 Copy and paste the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
That's it,
Shawn Brink