Reliability Monitor - Reset

How to Reset Reliability Monitor in Windows 7 and Windows 8​

   Information

If you have fixed the errors or just want to clear the reported data in Reliabilty Monitor, then this will show you how to reset the Reliability Monitor back to a clean default state in Windows 7 and Windows 8.

You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do this tutorial.

   Note

Reliability Monitor is an advanced tool that measures hardware and software problems and other changes to your computer. It collects 24 hours of data before it displays any results and calculates the stability index that ranges from 1 (the least stable) to 10 (the most stable). You can use the index to help evaluate the reliability of your computer by reviewing the reported application failures, Windows failures, Miscellaneous failures, Warnings, and Information. Any change you make to your computer or problem that occurs on your computer affects the stability index.

   Warning

If you reset the Reliability Monitor, then any previously displayed data will no longer be available unless you have backed it up in step 3 below to restore.

This does not work in Windows 8.1 Update.

EXAMPLE: Reliability Monitor
NOTE: You can tell your Index score (scales from 1 to 10, 10 is the best score) by looking at how the chart line ends in the upper right corner boxed in red below compared to the scale of 10 to 1 on the left upper corner boxed in red below.




Here's How:

1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop.
NOTE: Special thanks to Zardoc for providing the part in the BAT file to clear the Event Viewer logs.
Reset_Reliability_Monitor.bat


Download


2. Unblock the .bat file.

3. Right click or press and hold on the downloaded .bat file and click/tap on Run as administrator.

4. If prompted, click/tap on Yes (UAC).

5. You will now see a command prompt open, run the commands to reset Reliability Monitor, then close.

6. If this is for Windows 8 and 8.1, then you must repeat steps 3-5 to run the .bat file a second time for this to work.

7. When finished, restart the computer to fully apply.

   Note

It may take Reliability Monitor a few to 24 hours to display results again after being reset.

That's it,
Shawn

Related Tutorials

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• How to Review Your Windows 7 Reliability and Problems History
• How to Change "Problem Reporting Settings" in Windows 7 and Windows 8
• How to Clear Your Windows 7 Problem Report History
• How to See Windows 7 Reliability and Problem History with Reliability Monitor
• How to Create a "Reliability Monitor" Shortcut in Windows 7 and Windows 8

 

[Brink]

That's correct. RACAgent.exe is not in Windows 8.1.

If you like, you could use perfmon /rel to directly open Reliability Monitor with instead.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/20934-reliability-monitor-shortcut.html

 

[Stu2009]

Hi Brink
My problem: Windows 7 64bit Home Premium, When I open the Reliability Report, sometimes it is populated with data, I can reopen the report 10 minutes later and the report is bare, with no data or even a date, (refreshing the window, causes the same problems), sometimes the data is there but it can be a week behind! Then checking again...everything is back to normal. I tried installed an image from May 2015, but on updating the programs and software I still have the same issues. Very unstable! Will this bat file correct my issues?
In anticipation, Thanks

 

[Brink]

Hello Stu,

It depends on what's wrong with it, but if it's just some corruption it may help.

 

[Jorge Martins]

Hi Brink,
It is possible to reset the reliability monitor without erasing the informational events (Updates, etc.)?

 

[Brink]

Hello Jorge,

Not that I'm aware of.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Just wondering does system protection have to be enabled for this to function ?
Okay switched to weeks and it showed activity in the blue line

 

[Brink]

Hi,
Just wondering does system protection have to be enabled for this to function ?
Okay switched to weeks and it showed activity in the blue line

System Protection should have no affect on this.

 

[ThrashZone]

Seems so it sort of freaked me out a tad not showing any errors
Or successful updates installs either which it used too :/

 

[Jorge Martins]

Hello Jorge,

Not that I'm aware of.

Hi Brink,
By accident, once I was running the file and rebooted the notebook. The information events still there and the rest was gone.
I am wondering if it is a command line that didn't run because of the reboot!

 

[Brink]

The reboot must have interfered before it cleared the events. Hopefully, the others won't be restored after the next restart without it being fully reset.