Tool

Purpose

For more information

Event Viewer

Displays the system, security, and application logs.

Chapter 37, "Monitoring Events," in the Windows NT Workstation Resource Guide

Performance Monitor

Measures your computer's efficiency, identifies and troubleshoots possible problems, and plans for additional hardware needs.

Part III, "Optimizing Windows NT Workstation," in the Windows NT Workstation Resource Guide, and Chapter 8, "Monitoring Performance," in Windows NT Server Concepts and Planning

Task Manager

Monitors active applications and processes on your computer, and starts and stops them.

Chapter 11, "Performance Monitoring Tools," in the Windows NT Workstation Resource Guide

Windows NT Diagnostics

Enables you to view hardware information in the Registry, such as currently loaded device driver and IRQ values.

Chapter 36, "General Troubleshooting," in the Windows NT Workstation Resource Guide

Network Monitor

Determines problems during session initialization and problems related to broadcast storms, and troubleshoots packets for transmission problems between computers.

Chapter 10, "Monitoring Your Network," in Windows NT Server Concepts and Planning

TCP/IP Utilities

Verifies and debugs TCP/IP networking problems.

Appendix A, "TCP/IP Utilities," in the Windows NT Server Networking Guide