Windows Vista comes with a built-in memory check tool that at times might come-in handy to diagnose any of the known memory issues with your computer. If you ever hack with your BIOS settings or when you suspect that that your computer’s memory could be the culprit for the problems that you have, it wouldn’t hurt to run this free built-in Windows Vista tool to make sure that your computer’s memory is sound and solid.

Keep in mind that this requires a computer restart and so be prepared.

Follow these steps to diagnose your computer’s memory issues,

Step-1:

Click on the “Start” button and type-in “Memory” on the Search box.

Vista will filter down to “Memory Diagnostics Tool” and click on the “Memory Diagnostics Tool”.

Step-2:

Vista will launch the “Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool” dialog. There are 2 options that you can choose on that dialog. If you’d like to restart the computer now and do a memory check click on the “Restart now and check for problems” link. If not then click on the “Check for problems the next time I start my computer” option.

Step-3:

When Windows Vista restarts it will run the Memory Diagnostics Tool and will check for any issues with your computer’s memory. Let it finish the test and once done will boot your computer the normal way.

Step-4:

Once you login, if you see a tooltip like above then your computer’s memory is sound and solid. Otherwise Vista will notify you of any known memory issues with your computer.

Hope this helps. If you have any questions regarding this please make sure to ask in comments.