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@Greenman Early problems 2014-15 were serious Windows and/or hardware things: frequent major crashes needing hard shutdown and restart, or ethernet adaptor suddenly not being recognised, etc. Most have been sorted out by software and firmware updates. The current "crashes" I referred to in this thread are usually - touch wood - minor failures of one program or app (most often Pegasus or Skype), fixed in a couple of seconds by simply restarting the problem software. As a PC the SP3 is faster and better than any tower or desktop I've ever owned, and it's lighter than any laptop I've had. I don't think I use it "unreasonably", except that it's on much of the time. But sure, I wish everything worked perfectly. Maybe one day I'll get it checked it out.
@irelam Martin, I stumbled over Reliability Monitor, which as you say doesn't seem to be listed in either the Control Panel or the Settings panel (Win 10 has both!). I get it by starting to type R-e-l-i-a- ... in the startup panel. (You're probably expected to voice-activate it by talking to whatever the MS robot voice assistant is called, but I don't use her.) I guess it's a slightly more user-friendly version of event viewer in Admin. Tools.
Thanks, both, for your interest and advice.
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What you are experiencing is usually solved through the installation of up to date drivers and firmware and examination and correction, if required, of OS configuration settings. If problems persist beyond that it is a hardware fault. If a hardware fault, your IT people will fix it because the device will not be fit for purpose. Things like this should be fixed asap. If they are not, the problems simply get worse and worse. My job is IT - if your device does not work as it should you need to inform your IT people about it. They will either fix the device so that it works as expected, or they will replace it with a reliable model. It is their job to ensure you can work with the minimum of interruptions.