An office employee submits a help-desk ticket reporting that her Windows 10 desktop suddenly restarts three or four times during a typical workday, even when she is only checking email. According to CompTIA troubleshooting best practices, which action should the technician perform first, before attempting any fixes?
Update the operating system and all hardware drivers to the latest versions.
Ask the user about recent changes and gather more information about the restarts.
Immediately replace the desktop's power supply unit.
Run a full system backup before doing anything else.
CompTIA's troubleshooting methodology starts with identifying the problem. This requires questioning the user to collect details about symptoms and any recent changes to the system or environment. Replacing hardware, updating software, or backing up data may all be appropriate later, but none of them should be attempted until sufficient information has been gathered to form a theory of probable cause.
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