Restore hangs

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Paul H

Restore hangs, on the screen that says it's gathering data, will take a few
moments. I'm using XP Pro SP1. I just downloaded and installed "Folder
Size Shell Extension v3.2" as recommended by and pointed to by PC World mag.
It did a great job at the drive level, but properties stopped working for
folders, so I did an "uninstall" using "add and remove programs". It did
not go away. Thus my attempt to "restore". Could this be my problem? I've
run Norton security 2005 virus scan and up-to-date Ad-aware - no problems.
I just downloaded all recommended critical updates. Help me please??? Paul
 
Nice site, Bert.

From: http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/srscripts.html
" Print the list of available System Restore Points.vbs - A utility to view
and print as list of all the restore points found. Unknown Author. "

The Unknown Author is me :) I've updated that script and placed here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/listsr.htm

BTW, I got the idea from
http://redmondmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=594 (does not output
to text file)

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Bert Kinney said:
Hi Paul,

Take a look at these troubleshooting tips for System Restore.
System Restore Failures to restore
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/srfail.html
--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/


Paul said:
Restore hangs, on the screen that says it's gathering
data, will take a few moments. I'm using XP Pro SP1. I
just downloaded and installed "Folder Size Shell
Extension v3.2" as recommended by and pointed to by PC
World mag. It did a great job at the drive level, but
properties stopped working for folders, so I did an
"uninstall" using "add and remove programs". It did not
go away. Thus my attempt to "restore". Could this be my
problem? I've run Norton security 2005 virus scan and
up-to-date Ad-aware - no problems. I just downloaded all
recommended critical updates. Help me please??? Paul
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Thanks Ramesh.

Nice script. Do you mind if I use it on my site? With you as the
author of course.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/


Ramesh said:
Nice site, Bert.

From:
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/srscripts.html "
Print the list of available System Restore Points.vbs - A
utility to view and print as list of all the restore
points found. Unknown Author. "
The Unknown Author is me :) I've updated that script and
placed here: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/listsr.htm

BTW, I got the idea from
http://redmondmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=594
(does not output to text file)


Bert Kinney said:
Hi Paul,

Take a look at these troubleshooting tips for System
Restore. System Restore Failures to restore
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/srfail.html
--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/


Paul said:
Restore hangs, on the screen that says it's gathering
data, will take a few moments. I'm using XP Pro SP1. I
just downloaded and installed "Folder Size Shell
Extension v3.2" as recommended by and pointed to by PC
World mag. It did a great job at the drive level, but
properties stopped working for folders, so I did an
"uninstall" using "add and remove programs". It did not
go away. Thus my attempt to "restore". Could this be
my problem? I've run Norton security 2005 virus scan
and up-to-date Ad-aware - no problems. I just
downloaded all recommended critical updates. Help me
please??? Paul
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Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Bert,
The SR "creation time" displays in this format:
Creation Time= 20050301041753.718750-000

I'll see if I can convert this into readable format.
 
Thanks Ramesh, it's a handy tool.

I was looking at your site and found many handy tips. Nice work!
 
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