Solved How to make scan results display longer on screen?

[pappi]

After checkdisk and other diagnostic scans (and I remember with my old Vista PC, after BSOD), screen shows the result...in nanoseconds, not long enough for even fast reader that I am to read the whole thing. Is there a way to slow down such super evanescent display? Or freeze it?

 

[MilesAhead]

Wintee Free Download

You pipe the output of your command into WinTee. WinTee shows it on the console while also saving to file. See the write-up on the download site.

 

[Brink]

Hello Pappi,

If you like, you could use PowerShell or read the event viewer log for chkdsk to see the results.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/96938-check-disk-chkdsk-read-event-viewer-log.html

 

[pappi]

Thanks, Shawn. for the tutorial on chkdsk and Event Viewer/ Power shell. But does it also apply to BSOD display?

 

[Ztruker]

Are you talking about running chkdsk on reboot? If so I don't think any of the above will work.

 

[pappi]

Blue Screen Of Death(BSOD) occurs after crashing usually from Viruses or misconfigured/incompatible drivers or programs or malfunctioning HD and other hardware.

BSOD display is in frightening scary annoying print that cascades through the whole screen and then disappears quickly before anyone can read entirely what the whole debacle is about.

And I think it is logged in Dump file folder which users cannot open, unless user is Brink...or God.

 

[Golden]

But does it also apply to BSOD display?

No. The details of the BSOD are contained in a .dmp file that is located in C:\Windows\MiniDump. These files are opened & read using WinDBG, where the contents can be analysed to determine the cause of the BSOD.

 

[pappi]

Thanks Golden.

But I just realized my C:\Windows\MiniDump is missing(not listed). With the old Vista I had two dump files. one mini and another not mini(bigger). Are they missing because I have, so far(knock on wood), not experienced BSOD?

 

[Ztruker]

Yes, the minidump folder is created on the first BSOD.

 

[pappi]

Another folder I am denied access even with administrator account is C:\Windows\Logs\CBS which contains the result of sfc /scannow...which I am not so concerned much as I have no clue what to do with and how to read it.

Accidentally, I found out access to it is not denied in Safe Mode with administrator account.. Strange.

 

[Brink]

Another folder I am denied access even with administrator account is C:\Windows\Logs\CBS which contains the result of sfc /scannow...which I am not so concerned much as I have no clue what to do with and how to read it.

Accidentally, I found out access to it is not denied in Safe Mode with administrator account.. Strange.

OPTION THREE in the tutorial below can help show you how to see the sfcdetails from the CBS log.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

 

[pappi]

Hi Shawn....I did option #3, copy/pasted findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"%userprofile%\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt" and nothing happened. Nothing appeared on desktop...no sfcdetails.txt .

 

[Brink]

Did you open an elevated command prompt (right click -> Run as administrator) to paste the command in?

 

[pappi]

right click -> Run as administrator is the only way the scan runs.

Maybe the no show on desktop is due to previous sfc /scannow scans that did not pick up anything to fix...they were all no integrity violations ?

 

[Brink]

It should still create a sfcdetails.txt file on your desktop. If there were no issues found by SFC, the .txt file would just be empty.

Try typing the command instead in case it's not being copied properly for some reason.

 

[pappi]

OK..I typed(twice) and got same result...nothing.

Is the sfcdetails.txt that is supposed to appear on desktop the same as(or identical to) the one logged in CBS file?

 

[Brink]

The sfcdetails.txt file would only show the SFC results from the CBS log file. This way you would not have to dig through all the other unrelated entries in the CBS log.

Please go ahead and post a screenshot of the command prompt showing what it says after entering the command and pressing Enter to see if it may help to ID the issue.

 

[pappi]

And nothing happens to desktop,

 

[Brink]

Interesting. Did you move your user profile folder?

Does it do the same from any other administrator account?

 

[pappi]

"Interesting. Did you move your user profile folder?"

I am not sure I understand your question. I do not know how to move folders. I know how to move files from folder to folder.

Anyway, I have three user accounts1) Administrator - Home (2) Non-administrator - Tony (2) Guest which is seldom activated(I seldom have trusted guest and my grandson does not like it).

I did the option #3 on both Home and Tony.... and got same result, nothing on desktop.

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This CBS folder although visible on regular browsing is accessible only in Safe Mode. I opened two files in Safe Mode in Home and I was given options where to have the files shown for extraction. I chose Desktop and nothing happened. I chose Download and the files were shown in Home's Download folder and were successfully extracted.

Interestingly, when I re-started from safe mode to normal browsing, there were two files on desktop only in Home but not in Tony....and they were successfully extracted.