Windows XP restore utility

[Guest]

Is there a utility that Microsoft provides that will allow my windows xp
machine to schedule a complete restore at the end of the day without my
interaction. We have a PC that we allow the public to use but at the end of
the day, we would like to have it restored to the original state. I have
seen 3rd party programs, but I wanted to check with Microsoft first.
Thank you for your reply.
Ray Laney

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Ray,

This information was previously posted by: Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP
[Windows XP Shell/User]

Using Windows Scripting / WMI.

Restore Method of the SystemRestore Class:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa378925.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315530

"Initiates a system restore. The caller must force a system reboot. The
actual restoration occurs during the reboot"

You want to provide a Sequence number of the restore point, which can
also be retrieved using enumeration.

Print the list of all available System Restore points to a file:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/listsr.htm

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

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply Burt. I may have asked the wrong question. Instead of
a restore, I want to lock the PC to prevent any changes. Example: When a
user logs on the pc and makes any changes or downloads anything, its stored
on a virtual drive or memory, not on the C:\ drive. Then when the PC is
rebooted, everything is gone and another user logs in without seeing what the
previous user did. Another tech informed that microsoft had this software...
I hope I explained this well enough.
Thank you.
Ray Laney

Hi Ray,

This information was previously posted by: Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP
[Windows XP Shell/User]

Using Windows Scripting / WMI.

Restore Method of the SystemRestore Class:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa378925.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315530

"Initiates a system restore. The caller must force a system reboot. The
actual restoration occurs during the reboot"

You want to provide a Sequence number of the restore point, which can
also be retrieved using enumeration.

Print the list of all available System Restore points to a file:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/listsr.htm

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

Is there a utility that Microsoft provides that will allow my windows xp
machine to schedule a complete restore at the end of the day without my
interaction. We have a PC that we allow the public to use but at the end of
the day, we would like to have it restored to the original state. I have
seen 3rd party programs, but I wanted to check with Microsoft first.
Thank you for your reply.
Ray Laney