System Restore

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Kathi Demers

I had the XP system installed about two months ago and
recently started having problems. I decided to use the
system restore feature to see if this would solve the
problem.
However, every time I click on it I get a message that I
cannot connect to System Restore and that I should
restart my computer and try again. Well, I have done that
a few times now to no avail. What do I do now?
Incidentally, when I attempt to contact Microsoft through
the Passport system about this problem, I am blocked
telling me that my password is incorrect. I have reset
the password twice now and it still doesn't work.
Help!!
 
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.
 
Kathi Demers said:
I had the XP system installed about two months ago and
recently started having problems. I decided to use the
system restore feature to see if this would solve the
problem.
However, every time I click on it I get a message that I
cannot connect to System Restore and that I should
restart my computer and try again. Well, I have done that
a few times now to no avail. What do I do now?
Incidentally, when I attempt to contact Microsoft through
the Passport system about this problem, I am blocked
telling me that my password is incorrect. I have reset
the password twice now and it still doesn't work.
Help!!
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This doesn't answer your problem as stated, but you should have a
second backup since Restore sometimes fails even when it is working
properly. Frequently recommended here is erunt.zip, a freeware
utility.
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt
 
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