See how to use at Windows 10 the Diagnostic Data Viewer to see what data you're sending to Microsoft, but also to find out what's wrong with your machine.
Ever since the birth of Windows 10, there has been a lot of talk and gossip about what data your operating system sends to Microsoft. To allay suspicions of personal data breaches and increase transparency, Microsoft released the Diagnostic Data Viewer application or otherwise Diagnostic Data Viewer Program.
This application can be used by all users, to see what data is sent from Windows 10 to the parent company. Another use of the same program is troubleshooting. With this application, you can see what does not work on your Windows 10 computer or on device which part of your system is causing the problems, so that you can finally take action to fix them. See how:
Download the Diagnostic Data Viewer.
1. First, you need to enable data view. Follow the path: Settings> Privacy> Diagnostics & Comments (Settings - Privacy - Diagnostics & feedback). Enable the "Diagnostic data viewer". Note that viewing the diagnostic data will require approximately 1GB of storage.
2. Click the "Diagnostic Data Viewer" button and you will be taken to the Microsoft Store to download the "Diagnostic Data Viewer" application. Alternatively click this link to go straight there. Install the application, and run it from the menu.
Look for data that informs you of a Windows 10 malfunction
When you open the Diagnostic Viewer, you see data that at first glance may scare you, due to their technical nature and structure.
However, if you have some patience and read our article today, you can understand what data is being sent from Windows 10 to Microsoft and use it to understand what is not working and what is causing your computer or device to crash. To see the data that will help you find what is not working on your computer, click on the button with the three horizontal dashes in the upper left corner of the application, and then in the menu that will open go to "Troubleshooting".
Now you should see the reports about the problems detected on your Windows 10 PC that are sent to Microsoft so that it can fix them through the upcoming updates. By default, data is listed alphabetically, by source. For each source, you see the name, date appearanceof the problem and its status. If a problem source has had multiple recurrences, you see a number next to its name.
Let's take a look at some sample problems that occurred on the example computer, and see how you can interpret them and maybe fix them.
How to understand what does not work in Windows 10 with the Diagnostic Viewer
You will notice that basically the problems mentioned are in abrupt terminations of some third party programs such as BSPlayer, Kodi, Mixx etc. This means that all these programs should be checked that they are running their latest version and also check if the system RAM is sufficient.
Another check that can be done is to search the internet for errors in the specific files, be they exe or dll. You can also go to the location on your hard drive where these files are located and right-click on them. There open the File Properties and then go to tab "Details". You will see the current version of your file and can compare it to the version listed in the Diagnostic Data Viewer to see if there has been an upgrade since the problem occurred.
What does not work on your computer
In addition to the classic Windows 10 Diagnostic System you also have the present tool in your hands. The Diagnostic Viewer comes in handy to help you understand what's going on in your computer and is more comprehensive and readable than other Windows 10 diagnostic programs.
