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Exercise 10.2: Windows NT Diagnostics
Objective: Learn to check resource settings through Windows NT Diagnostics

Estimated time: 10 minutes

Windows NT Diagnostics tabulates a number of important system parameters. You can use Windows NT Diagnostics to help resolve resource conflicts for network adapters.
1.Click the Start button and choose Programs/Administrative Tools. Choose Windows NT Diagnostics from the Administrative Tools menu.
2.Windows NT Diagnostics provides several tabs with information on different aspects of the system. Choose the Resources tab (see Figure 10.7).
3.Figure 10.7 displays the IRQ settings for system devices. (Note that the network adapter card for which the resource settings were displayed in Figure 10.6 is listed here beside IRQ2.) The buttons at the bottom of the screen invoke views of other resource settings. Click on a button to see the associated list. Figure 10.8 shows the I/O Port list.



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You can’t change any values in Windows NT Diagnostics. You can only view services, devices, statistics, and settings.