system restore

[Guest]

Hello,
I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far.
If so, how far back is it safe to go.
Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson
help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on
another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting a
copy of my problems.
Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working.
Any help greatfully appeciated.
Regards
RAS

 

[Terry R.]

On 9/19/2007 8:32 AM On a whim, ras pounded out on the keyboard

Hello,
I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far.
If so, how far back is it safe to go.
Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson
help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on
another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting a
copy of my problems.
Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working.
Any help greatfully appeciated.
Regards
RAS

When is the last time you remember it working properly? Use SR to go
back just prior to that.

I would try the printer on another machine, like Epson recommended
(installing the proper drivers and everything). If it works properly
there, you know it's your machine, and can then uninstall it from the
other test machine. Since the test machine isn't going to use the
printer any further than for the test, it won't inherit your problem.

--
Terry R.

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello,
I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far.
If so, how far back is it safe to go.
Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson
help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on
another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting
a
copy of my problems.
Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working.
Any help greatfully appeciated.
Regards
RAS

You can go back as far as System Restore has restore points. This
simply means that you will lose any updates you have done since
(but not your data!). And anyway, you can always undo a restoration
if you wish.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to far.
If so, how far back is it safe to go.

There's no absolute number of days. The problem is that the farther
back you go, the more likely it is that you will get the restored
registry out of synch with other unrestored files on the drive.

Personally I think going back more than a week or two is risky. It's
for that reason I recommend lowering the default allocation of 12% of
you drive (which is far too much for almost everyone) to whatever
amount gives you a dozen or so restore points. All you need for that
is 1-2GB at the most.

Reason for asking is my Epson Printer has stopped working. Been to Eson
help and they have run out of ideas. They suggest trying printer out on
another PC. I do not know of anyone who wants to possibly risk inheriting a
copy of my problems.
Thought I'd keep going back until (hopefully) it started working.
Any help greatfully appeciated.

What does "stopped working: mean? Exactly what are the symptoms? If
you get an error message, please quote it verbatim.

Have you considered the possibility that the printer has physically
failed, and needs repair or replacement?

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Ras,

Here's one good reason.

Any application installed after the restore point you are reverting to may
not function. What happens is, System Restore only removes monitored files
for the installed applications and the rest are left behind. This can cause
the application not to function. And in some cases, can also cause the
uninstall and reinstall process of the partially removed application to
fail. It is recommended to uninstall any applications that was installed
after the restore point you will be restoring to.

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Just revert back to a date prior to the problem emerging. System Restore is
intended as a way to bail out of trouble and, if used, it should be used as
soon as you see a need for it. I don't use SR as the first means of fixing a
problem but I certainly use it when other avenues fail.

Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]

 

[Unknown]

First, attack the problem from the printer side. Have you reinstalled the
printer driver? What indication do you get from the printer? What is meant
by 'my printer stopped working'?

 

[Poprivet]

Hello,
I read somewhere that System restore should not be used to go back to
far. If so, how far back is it safe to go.

As far as you want to go and have restore points for. The only issue is
that you might "de install" some programs you installed AFTER that point in
time and have to put them back by reinstalling, but that's about all.

You won't pass on your problems by connecting your printer to another
computer. It'll either work or be the same; that's all. You'll also have
to install the drivers for it, of course.

Have you tried reinstalling your drivers on your machine? How about
removing and reinstalling the printer via Device Manager?

Pop`

 

[Guest]

Thank you all for your advice. I shall try the printer on another PC. If I am
successful and the printer works then the problem will be with my PC. Then I
shall come back and ask another lot of questions.
Until then Thanks again for the help.
RAS. UK

 

[Guest]

Hello again.
I have recently managed to connect my printer to anothe computer
using Vista.
The printer works fine on that laptop.
I am now left with the assumption that my PC is at fault.
I would appreciate any further help to advise me what the next step
should be.
Thank you
RAS

 

[Poprivet]

Hello again.
I have recently managed to connect my printer to anothe computer
using Vista.
The printer works fine on that laptop.
I am now left with the assumption that my PC is at fault.
I would appreciate any further help to advise me what the next step
should be.
Thank you
RAS

Using USB? Parallel port? Serial Port? PS2? what Include some details!