Computer Management and performance will be obvious if you open them. Event viewer is an excellent troubleshooting tool that I use a lot-take a a look under "System" and "Application." for clues to problems. The others I have never had a use for Harold B. wrote: > Hello again ... Thinking about my "Computer Care" folder, I might ask, "What > are 'Administrative Tools' for and who uses them?" > The tools include the following: Component Services, Computer Management, > Data Sources (ODBC), Event Viewer, Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 > Configuration, Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Wizards, Performance, and > Services. > > They seem very sophisticated that only someone sophisticated in computer > technology might answer :-). --- Harold > ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-