Saving an old Restore Point?

[Phisherman]

My system is currently corrupted (but useable) and I want to save a
restore point made 5 days ago and use it to restore in a week or two.
How can this be done?

 

[Bill in Co.]

My system is currently corrupted (but useable) and I want to save a
restore point made 5 days ago and use it to restore in a week or two.
How can this be done?

If that restore point was already created, it will stay there, as long as
there is room for it. You might want to expand the allocated space for
system restore points in its settings option, because as time goes on, the
older ones get deleted automatically. For saving two weeks worth, and to
play it safe, I'd suggest you keep 2 GB free. Each restore point is
normally (but only normally!) around 60 MB or so.

 

[Phisherman]

If that restore point was already created, it will stay there, as long as
there is room for it. You might want to expand the allocated space for
system restore points in its settings option, because as time goes on, the
older ones get deleted automatically. For saving two weeks worth, and to
play it safe, I'd suggest you keep 2 GB free. Each restore point is
normally (but only normally!) around 60 MB or so.

I'm in a catch 22 situation. My computer is semi-corrupted and I do
not have admin privileges, and administrative privileges are required
to make more room for checkpoints. I have over 100 GB free space.

 

[Bill in Co.]

I'm in a catch 22 situation. My computer is semi-corrupted and I do
not have admin privileges, and administrative privileges are required
to make more room for checkpoints. I have over 100 GB free space.

I meant 2 GB in the special zone reserved just for System Restore (under its
settings), not the total disk space. Maybe you already have that much
there, however.

 

[ju.c]

"My computer" & "I do not have admin privileges"

?

 

[Phisherman]

Some people are not very helpful here...

"My computer" & "I do not have admin privileges"

?

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Some people are not very helpful here...

Is "semi-corrupted" like "a little bit pregnant"? I'd suggest restoring
now rather than waiting a week.

I, too, do not understand why you don't have administrative privileges
on YOUR computer.

Bill

 

[Phisherman]

Is "semi-corrupted" like "a little bit pregnant"? I'd suggest restoring
now rather than waiting a week.

I, too, do not understand why you don't have administrative privileges
on YOUR computer.

Bill

It is interesting that some people don't believe me, maybe I'm trying
to hack into someone else's computer. I do have the password (a
8-char mix of lowercase letters and numbers), since I'm the only one
who entered it. When I try to switch users and enter the password it
won't accept it.

Maybe semi-corrupted, bad dll, damaged Codex, whatever. My Win-TV
doesn't work anymore, nor playing a DVD. I can install programs but
don't have "Add/Remove" in the Control Panel. I can get to a DOS
prompt just fine and can run regedit.

I have not stopped auto Checkpoints because this may destroy all of
the breakpoints, right?

Windows will not allow me to restore and admin tools are not available
to me. I get "See your Administrator."

Currently I'm trying out loginrecovery.com to retrieve the password.
Not sure how they do this, nor convinced yet. Anyone try this site?

In any event, not knowing the (correct?) Administration password has
crippled this PC until I can fix or reformat it. Can I say my Linux
box is more useful now?

 

[ju.c]

Hope this solves your problems.

"How can I gain access to a Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 computer if I forgot the
administrator's password? How can I reset the administrator's password if I forgot it?"
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm


ju.c