Restore Point

[Guest]

Hello,

I am trying to find out if Norton Internet Security 2006 interferes in any
way with System restore points.

I had deleted some settings a little while ago and tried numerous restore
points in the past. Everytime I tried one of these, I received a message
that Windows XP was not able to restore to that point.

The only major system changes that I've done was install Norton Internet
Security back in November of 2005.

I chose a restore point the day before installation and I was able to
restore without any problem.

Has anyone experienced this? Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Roger

 

[Galen]

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Hello,

I am trying to find out if Norton Internet Security 2006 interferes
in any way with System restore points.

I had deleted some settings a little while ago and tried numerous
restore points in the past. Everytime I tried one of these, I
received a message that Windows XP was not able to restore to that
point.

The only major system changes that I've done was install Norton
Internet Security back in November of 2005.

I chose a restore point the day before installation and I was able to
restore without any problem.

Has anyone experienced this? Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Roger

Friends don't let friends use Norton.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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not." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Roger,

There's a good chance that NIS corrupted a restore point at the time it
was installed.
A corrupt restore point on that date would also cause any newer restore
points not to function as they are chained together and rely on each
other. Using a restore prier to that date would function because it
relies on all restore points created before it was.

To correct this, turn System Restore off, then on again. This will
delete all existing restore points and create a new one. After a few
day, test SR.

To test System Restore's functionality, create a new restore point named
TEST.
Create a new folder in the desktop an name it TEST.
Now restore to the Test restore point.
You will receive a message if the restore was successful, and the Test
folder on the desktop will be gone.