System Restore not working

[Tom]

After performing an installation repair on my system in
order to fix a different problem, I am getting error
messages every time I try to start the system restore
applet. The message states something about a problem with
an 'entry point', and I cannot use system restore. This
also occurs when the system tries to start Zone Alarm
Firewall. Any help would be great!

 

[Willit]

Restore is not reliable. It's a marketing gimmick for MS.
You can turn it off from Control Panel > System > and then
re-boot and it will purge it's file. Then re-boot, turn it
back on.
You still have to deal the problem, it's a crap program,
that half works, half the time.

Do a real backup and get Erunt for your registry. It puts
a folder on your root dir with a installer.

http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

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.

 

[Tom]

Thanks but my System Restore tab in Control Panel has
disappeared!? Any other way I can reset it? Your
absolutely right though... useless program, but it's not
for me it's for a business friend who wants it working!

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Thanks but my System Restore tab in Control Panel has
disappeared!? Any other way I can reset it? Your
absolutely right though... useless program, but it's not
for me it's for a business friend who wants it working!

Control Panel-System and THEN System Restore tab

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Restore is not reliable. It's a marketing gimmick for MS.

System Restore is not a cure for all problems, and is certainly
not a substitute for a backup. But it is far more than "a
marketing Gimmick for MS." It is a very useful feature, one that
has gotten me and many others out of trouble many times.