System Restore Points

[Rama]

My system religiously sets restore points, which I've never used until today
when my AVG anti-virus created problems. I wanted to restore the system to
yesterday, then to 02/13, 02/12, 02/8, ..... 01/15. Unfortunately, for all
the dates, I was getting a message that the system cannot be restored to the
date mentioned. Now, how to solve this problem?

I checked Computer properties > System Restore, to see whether the system
restore has been set to 'off,' but no, the box is not checked.Any help is
highly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[John Inzer]

My system religiously sets restore points, which I've never used
until today when my AVG anti-virus created problems. I wanted to
restore the system to yesterday, then to 02/13, 02/12, 02/8, .....
01/15. Unfortunately, for all the dates, I was getting a message that
the system cannot be restored to the date mentioned. Now, how to
solve this problem?

I checked Computer properties > System Restore, to see whether the
system restore has been set to 'off,' but no, the box is not
checked.Any help is highly appreciated.

Thanks.

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It System Restore was set to 'off' you would
not have any restore points.

Something on your system is preventing the
restore...probably a virus scanner.

Try doing the System Restore in Safe Mode...

(315222) A Description of the Safe Mode
Boot Options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315222

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Rama]

Hi John,

Thanks for your response.

Tried to restore in safe mode but the result is the same. You could be right
about something preventing the restoration. Is there any knowledge base
articles about such problems?

Once again thank you very much.

 

[Daave]

Hi John,

Thanks for your response.

Tried to restore in safe mode but the result is the same. You could be
right
about something preventing the restoration. Is there any knowledge
base
articles about such problems?

This is the standard one:

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

 

[John Inzer]

Hi John,

Thanks for your response.

Tried to restore in safe mode but the result is the same. You could
be right about something preventing the restoration. Is there any
knowledge base articles about such problems?

Once again thank you very much.

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The article posted by Daave is an excellent one.

Personally I've never had System Restore to fail
in Safe Mode so I have no suggestions.

--


John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Rama]

Hi 'Daave,'

The link you've given has helped me resolve the issue. It was Zone Alarm
that was preventing the system restoration. I uninstalled and tried system
restoration and it worked. On the lighter side, by the meantime the system is
restored, I've clean forgotten why I wanted to restore my system in the first
place. Can't remember, but have uninstalled AVG anti virus, Ad Aware and Zone
Alarm.

Thanks a lot and may your tribe increase ten folds to help peaople like me.

 

[Daave]

Hi 'Daave,'

The link you've given has helped me resolve the issue. It was Zone
Alarm
that was preventing the system restoration. I uninstalled and tried
system
restoration and it worked.

Glad it worked. Thanks for posting back.

On the lighter side, by the meantime the system is
restored, I've clean forgotten why I wanted to restore my system in
the first
place.

LOL I'm sure the reason will come to you!

Can't remember, but have uninstalled AVG anti virus, Ad Aware and Zone
Alarm.

Thanks a lot and may your tribe increase ten folds to help peaople
like me.

You're very welcome. Just make sure you reinstall your anti-malware
apps.

 

[Daave]

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The article posted by Daave is an excellent one.

Personally I've never had System Restore to fail
in Safe Mode so I have no suggestions.

Yes, I'm a bit puzzled why Safe Mode didn't work for OP. I guess Zone
Alarm altered the registry in such a way that prevents SR from working
even if ZA is disabled.