Restore Point Question

[Guest]

What is saved and restored in a System Restore point? Only the registry
or something more? I'm not at my XP puter now, so I can't experiment or
look in XP help.

If I install an app (like iTunes) and want to get rid of it, should I
uninstall it first and then restore to a earlier restore point? What
will happen if I just restore to an earlier RP without first
uninstalling?

FYI iTunes installs a bunch of background processes and services that
run whether or not you're using iTunes itself.

 

[Guest]

System Restore does not replace the process of
uninstalling a program. To completely remove the files
installed by a program, you must remove the program using
Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel or the program's
own uninstall program. To open Add or Remove Programs,
click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and
then double-click Add or Remove Programs.
System Restore does not monitor or restore contents of
redirected folders or any settings associated with
roaming user profiles.
System Restore monitors and restores only the partitions
and drives that it is configured to monitor, not
partitions or drives that are redirected or excluded from
System Restore monitoring.
If you have encrypted program files (such as files that
have the .exe or .dll file name extensions), you can
ensure that they can never be restored to a decrypted
state. To do this, turn off System Restore before you
encrypt your files or folders, and then turn System
Restore on again after the files or folders are
encrypted. Or, if you have already encrypted the files or
folders, turn System Restore off and on again. When you
turn off System Restore, you delete all restore points.
The restore points that are created after System Restore
is turned on again will not include times when the files
were decrypted. Typically, you only encrypt data files,
which are not affected by System Restore.

 

[Willit]

System Restore :: In MS's own words .......lol

"The System Restore feature of Windows XP enables you to
restore a PC, in the event of a problem, to a previous
state without losing personal data files. System Restore
actively monitors system file changes to record or store
previous versions before the changes occurred. With System
Restore, you never have to think about taking system
snapshots as it automatically creates easily identifiable
restore points, which allow you to restore the system to a
previous point in time."

"you never have to think about taking system snapshots"
Oh, really.

Learn more:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!DC!

Re:-Microsoft Windows XP System Restore

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/libra...y/en-us/dnwxp/html/windowsxpsystemrestore.asp

with regards/
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org
windowssupport

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Willit. That Technet FAQ was exactly what I was looking for.

----- Willit wrote: -----

System Restore :: In MS's own words .......lol

"The System Restore feature of Windows XP enables you to
restore a PC, in the event of a problem, to a previous
state without losing personal data files. System Restore
actively monitors system file changes to record or store
previous versions before the changes occurred. With System
Restore, you never have to think about taking system
snapshots as it automatically creates easily identifiable
restore points, which allow you to restore the system to a
previous point in time."

"you never have to think about taking system snapshots"
Oh, really.

Learn more:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp

-----Original Message-----
What is saved and restored in a System Restore point?

Only the registryor something more? I'm not at my XP puter now, so I
can't experiment orlook in XP help.it, should I uninstall it first and then restore to a earlier restore
point? What will happen if I just restore to an earlier RP without
first uninstalling?

 

[Alex Nichol]

What is saved and restored in a System Restore point? Only the registry
or something more? I'm not at my XP puter now, so I can't experiment or
look in XP help.

If I install an app (like iTunes) and want to get rid of it, should I
uninstall it first and then restore to a earlier restore point? What
will happen if I just restore to an earlier RP without first
uninstalling?

See
http://microsoft.com/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp

Briefly what gets saved are the registry and changes since last time to
syste/program files, such as exe; dll; vxd and so on, but *not* document
types like doc, nor files in your personal My Documents folders

If you uninstall a program you should use its uninstall in the first
instance. Then, if there is an available restore point before you
installed the program, and nothing else you would unwind by going back,
you will find that going back to it will clear oddments that may not
have gone (especially if an uninstall fails to complete) and more
importantly will ensure that any changes made to things like File
Associations are put back to where they were. It is not an essential,
but does help. And if an uninstall just fails then a restore may be all
that is available - in that case you may find odd files still in the
programs own folder needing manual attention