Hi,

Last month I bought a new computer, A Dell Dimension 3100 Series
running Win XP Pro. When I try to find my Restore Points I only get
the option to Create a new Restore Point or Return to an automatically
created one. I don't get the option of being able to look at my
Restore Points.

Also, how do I find Event Viewer?

Thank you. XP is new to me. I have Win2K on my old computer.

Any advice will be most appreciated.

Gail

You cannot see the contents of restore points. You can only see their
date and time of creation. When you create a restore point on your own
you can give it a more descriptive title.

Lots of ways to find Event Viewer (for example, through the Help and
Support Center), so here's one way:

Start > Run > type: eventvwr.msc > OK

---
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Jyeshta wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Last month I bought a new computer, A Dell Dimension 3100 Series
> running Win XP Pro. When I try to find my Restore Points I only get
> the option to Create a new Restore Point or Return to an automatically
> created one. I don't get the option of being able to look at my
> Restore Points.
>
> Also, how do I find Event Viewer?
>
> Thank you. XP is new to me. I have Win2K on my old computer.
>
> Any advice will be most appreciated.
>
> Gail

Hi Gail,

The following web page will step you through the process of using System
Restore.

All About System Restore in WinXP
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html

If you are not seeing any bold dates in the SR calendar, let us know.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org

"Jyeshta" wrote
> Hi,
>
> Last month I bought a new computer, A Dell Dimension 3100 Series
> running Win XP Pro. When I try to find my Restore Points I only get
> the option to Create a new Restore Point or Return to an automatically
> created one. I don't get the option of being able to look at my
> Restore Points.
>
> Also, how do I find Event Viewer?
>
> Thank you. XP is new to me. I have Win2K on my old computer.
>
> Any advice will be most appreciated.
>
> Gail

here is a excellent link about system restore

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/createrp.html

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

> Hi Gail,
>
> The following web page will step you through the process of using System
> Restore.
>
> All About System Restore in WinXP
> http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
>
> If you are not seeing any bold dates in the SR calendar, let us know.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
> "Jyeshta" wrote
> > Hi,
> >
> > Last month I bought a new computer, A Dell Dimension 3100 Series
> > running Win XP Pro. When I try to find my Restore Points I only get
> > the option to Create a new Restore Point or Return to an automatically
> > created one. I don't get the option of being able to look at my
> > Restore Points.
> >
> > Also, how do I find Event Viewer?
> >
> > Thank you. XP is new to me. I have Win2K on my old computer.
> >
> > Any advice will be most appreciated.
> >
> > Gail
>
>
>

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:26:50 -0400, Ted Zieglar <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>You cannot see the contents of restore points. You can only see their
>date and time of creation. When you create a restore point on your own
>you can give it a more descriptive title.

But I don't want to see their contents - I just want to see the dates
and times and descriptions!

>Lots of ways to find Event Viewer (for example, through the Help and
>Support Center), so here's one way:
>
>Start > Run > type: eventvwr.msc > OK

Thank you for this!


>
>---
>Ted Zieglar
>"Backup is a computer user's best friend."
>
>Jyeshta wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Last month I bought a new computer, A Dell Dimension 3100 Series
>> running Win XP Pro. When I try to find my Restore Points I only get
>> the option to Create a new Restore Point or Return to an automatically
>> created one. I don't get the option of being able to look at my
>> Restore Points.
>>
>> Also, how do I find Event Viewer?
>>
>> Thank you. XP is new to me. I have Win2K on my old computer.
>>
>> Any advice will be most appreciated.
>>
>> Gail

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:56:40 -0400, "Bert Kinney" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Hi Gail,
>
>The following web page will step you through the process of using System
>Restore.
>
>All About System Restore in WinXP
>http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
>
>If you are not seeing any bold dates in the SR calendar, let us know.

Thank you, Bert. I may not have time to get to this today but I will
tell you that the only bold dates I saw in the calendar yesterday
while experimenting were the automatically created ones.

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:41:02 -0700, LFR
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>here is a excellent link about system restore
>
>http://bertk.mvps.org/html/createrp.html

Thank you very much.

Gail


>>"Bert Kinney" wrote:
>
>> Hi Gail,
>>
>> The following web page will step you through the process of using System
>> Restore.
>>
>> All About System Restore in WinXP
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
>>
>> If you are not seeing any bold dates in the SR calendar, let us know.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>
>> "Jyeshta" wrote
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Last month I bought a new computer, A Dell Dimension 3100 Series
>> > running Win XP Pro. When I try to find my Restore Points I only get
>> > the option to Create a new Restore Point or Return to an automatically
>> > created one. I don't get the option of being able to look at my
>> > Restore Points.
>> >
>> > Also, how do I find Event Viewer?
>> >
>> > Thank you. XP is new to me. I have Win2K on my old computer.
>> >
>> > Any advice will be most appreciated.
>> >
>> > Gail
>>
>>
>>

You're welcome Gail.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org

"Jyeshta" wrote
> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
>
>>Hi Gail,
>>
>>The following web page will step you through the process of using
>>System
>>Restore.
>>
>>All About System Restore in WinXP
>>http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
>>
>>If you are not seeing any bold dates in the SR calendar, let us know.
>
> Thank you, Bert. I may not have time to get to this today but I will
> tell you that the only bold dates I saw in the calendar yesterday
> while experimenting were the automatically created ones.

LFR wrote:

> here is a excellent link about system restore
>
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/createrp.html


Are you telling Bert about his own site? ;-)

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
>
>> Hi Gail,
>>
>> The following web page will step you through the process of using
>> System Restore.
>>
>> All About System Restore in WinXP
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
>>
>> If you are not seeing any bold dates in the SR calendar, let us know.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>
>> "Jyeshta" wrote
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Last month I bought a new computer, A Dell Dimension 3100 Series
>>> running Win XP Pro. When I try to find my Restore Points I only get
>>> the option to Create a new Restore Point or Return to an
>>> automatically created one. I don't get the option of being able to
>>> look at my Restore Points.
>>>
>>> Also, how do I find Event Viewer?
>>>
>>> Thank you. XP is new to me. I have Win2K on my old computer.
>>>
>>> Any advice will be most appreciated.
>>>
>>> Gail

<VBG>

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote
> LFR wrote:
>
>> here is a excellent link about system restore
>>
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/createrp.html
>
>
> Are you telling Bert about his own site? ;-)
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
>> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Gail,
>>>
>>> The following web page will step you through the process of using
>>> System Restore.
>>>
>>> All About System Restore in WinXP
>>> http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
>>>
>>> If you are not seeing any bold dates in the SR calendar, let us
>>> know.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>>
>>> "Jyeshta" wrote
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Last month I bought a new computer, A Dell Dimension 3100 Series
>>>> running Win XP Pro. When I try to find my Restore Points I only
>>>> get
>>>> the option to Create a new Restore Point or Return to an
>>>> automatically created one. I don't get the option of being able to
>>>> look at my Restore Points.
>>>>
>>>> Also, how do I find Event Viewer?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you. XP is new to me. I have Win2K on my old computer.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice will be most appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Gail