Article ID: 942910 - Last Review: November 26, 2007 - Revision: 1.1

"Error, Warning, or Critical" events are logged in the Diagnostic Performance/Operational event log on a Windows Vista-based computer

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SYMPTOMS

On a Windows Vista-based computer, events that resemble the following events are logged in the Diagnostics-Performance/Operational event log:

Example 1

Event Type: Error, Warning, or Critical
Event Source: Diagnostic-Performance
Event ID: 203
Description:
This service caused a delay in the system shutdown process.

Example 2

Event Type: Error, Warning, or Critical
Event Source: Diagnostic-Performance
Event ID: 101
Description:
This application took longer than usual to start up, resulting in a performance degradation in the system startup process.

Example 3

Event Type: Error, Warning, or Critical
Event Source: Diagnostic-Performance
Event ID: 401
Description:
This process is using up processor time and is impacting the performance of Windows

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Click Start
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, type Event Viewer in the Start Search box, and then click Event Viewer in the Programs list.

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If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or click Continue.
Click Applications and Services Logs.
Click Microsoft.
Click Windows.
Click Diagnostics-Performance, and then click Operational.