When youre stuck on a problem, its helpful to have a quick-and-easy reference of the tools available to you in Windows. In this project, you create a table to gather all of this information into one place. In the Troubleshooting Windows Startup chapter, you will add more tools to this table.

1. Using your choice of word-processing software (such as Microsoft Word) or spreadsheet software (such as Microsoft Excel), create a table with the following headings: Tool, Steps to access, and Description.

2. Under the Tool heading, list all of the Windows tools covered in this chapter and in earlier chapters, such as Event Viewer, Task Manager, Action Center, and Memory Diagnostics.

3. Complete the remainder of the table with the steps needed to access each tool and a brief, one- or two-sentence description of each. For Computer Management, for example, you might say, Access from the Control Panel, or enter compmgmt.msc at a command prompt. Be sure to include the program name of the utility if it can be launched from the command prompt. The description for Disk Management might say, Use it to view and modify partitions on hard drives and to format drives. Be sure to note whether a tool is available only for certain releases of Windows, such as New with Windows 8.